RE: ILE RPG:Is the use of ITER & LEAVE Structured Programming?

On Thursday, April 23, 1998 4:06 PM, frank.meaney@nellcorpb.com 
[SMTP:frank.meaney@nellcorpb.com] wrote:
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> I was just looking at a printout from the News400.com website about
> RPG ILE (tips and techniques). I belive the text was authored by
> Bryan Meyers. However he mentioned the use of ITER and LEAVE in the
> context of structured programming.
>
> I suppose I am a purist and I ensure that these opcodes are not 
part
> of any new development that we produce. IMHO these opcodes are 
GOTO's
> without TAGs and are not structured programming. I'd love to hear
> other opinions on this. And what is a strict defination of
> Structured
> programming.
>
> Regards,
>
> Frank Meaney.
>(Unisoft Systems Ltd)

Frank,
  Rather than fuel the infamous debate over exactly which opcodes
are structured opcodes, let me say that we write structured code
for a purpose: to be more reuseable and to be more maintainable.

"Structured code" is not the goal; it is the tool to reach the goal.
It is rarely profitable to insist that the tool is more important 
than
the end-result.

Just my chunk-o-change...

Buck Calabro
Commsoft, Albany, NY
mailto:mcalabro@commsoft.net

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