Re: Program Generation Level

[Peter Coffin <phcoffin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Dean writes:

> In a message dated 98-03-10 17:09:05 EST, you [Scott] write:

>> What is an acceptable RPG program generation level?  I have recently
>> aquired a new software package along with source code.  The company
>> told me that I needed to set my generation level to 20 in order to
>> compile the programs.  How clean will this keep the code?  What about
>> the errors that are below 20?

> In simple terms, the shipped default from IBM.  IMO, your software
> supplier is doing things that they shouldn't be doing if they require
> 20...

In my humble opinion, if it doesn't generate only Sev 00 messages,
the coding isn't finished yet. While Sev 10 errors usually still
produce perfectly functional programs, there's a level of programming
style that the compiler/checker encourages, and willfully ignoring
that standard seems like it would eventually lead to troubles...

Peter H. Coffin
phcoffin@us.ibm.com
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