Re: Upper/Lower Case

[Pete Hall <peteh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 15:01 08/28/98 -0500, Alison Herman wrote:
>Our shop is just starting to use RPGLE and I are trying to set standards
>for when to use upper and lower case for variable names, op codes,
>etc...  Uppercase if familiar but is all lower case proper?

Alison,

My personal preference is to code variables and subroutine names with mixed 
case. I think it's more readable: CustNumber, InvDate, LineNumber, etc.  I make 
op codes all lower case because they're easy enough to spot anyway, and I think 
they're less distracting that way. Constants and database fields, on the other 
hand are all upper case so that they stand out. Prefixes are used for 
enumerated values and data structure records, and are followed by an 
underscore: IB_PLANNO. Oh, yea, and I don't use numbered indicators unless 
someone puts a large caliber hand gun to my head. BTW, prototyped functions are 
really a quantum leap. Check them out ASAP.

Pete


Pete Hall
peteh@inwave.com 
http://www.inwave.com/~peteh/

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