Re: Command validation program

[Vernon Hamberg <hambergv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Vanya

At 11:16 PM 5/26/1998 -0600, you wrote:
>
>Hi Dave,
>
>On Tue, 26 May 1998, David Gibbs wrote:
>
>> 
>> At 01:42 AM 5/24/98 , jovic@calcna.ab.ca wrote:
>> >    Passing command name as a parameter is not an option. 
>> 
>> Just out of curiosity... why is passing a command name not an option?  You
>> can code the command name as CONST data in the command.
>> 
>
>       Well ... if you must know, there are two reasons:
>
>1. That's a kind of solution which most of first year college students
>could come up with. I'm looking for something nicer and more AS/400
>specific; I still believe, there have to be some beauty in anything one
>does. 

Ouch!!!   :-(

>2. That will force me to change all main programs also (to adjust number
>and types of parameters, if I put it in the first position), or it would
>force me to receive all parameters in validation programs (if I place it
>in the last position), which would further lead to more than one
>validation program (not all comands have same number of parameters, and I
>validate only first two) ........ I don't wont to confuse other
>developers; they already have enough troubles with me because of 1. :)))))
>
>huh...?

I think I disagree with your approach. "Niceness" usually means "something
that can't be maintained", as you've suggested. What is the cost in time
(=$$$$$$) when there are tricky techniques in place?

It seems you want one monolithic program to validate all commands. This is
not, IMO, AS/400-ish. It's not even modular or structured technique. But I
could be wrong.

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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