RE: what is unclear about 01 02 03 -Reply

Terry

At 12:08 AM 5/4/1998, you wrote:

-snip-

>> People have railed against the use of indicators for *EVER because 
>> the indicator number does not help understanding the intent of the 
>> code.  Without researching the rest of the program, we'll never 
>> understand this line of code.  Us geezers have to learn to write more 
>> l
>ike:
>> 
>>      C           AMT$      IFGT WARN$
>>      C           CUSTCD    ANDLTBESTCD
>>      C           REGION    ANDEQMIDWST
>>      C                     EXSR WARN
>>      C                     ENDIF
>> 
>> which isn't crystal clear without comments, but it's _better_
>> I'm personally happy that there are RPGers among us who don't use 
>> left hand indicators, because it means that they're using more 
>> meaningful names instead!
>> <grin and duck>
>> 
>> 
>> Buck Calabro
>> Commsoft, Albany, NY
>> mailto:mcalabro@commsoft.net
>
>Just a thought Buck,
>
>What if you made the example above even more clearer by coding this way:
>
>IF AMT$ GT WARN$
>AND CUSTCD LT BESTCD
>AND REGION EQ MIDWST
>PERFORM WARN$
>END-IF
>
>Guess what?... Congratulations!  Your a COBOL Programmer!
>Kinda makes you go hummmm!

Anyone else think that D-specs are a lot like the (what's it called?)
Definition Section?

Cheers

Vernon Hamberg
Systems Software Programmer
Old Republic National Title Insurance Company
400 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN  55401-2499
(612) 371-1111 x480


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