Re: Modules on CRTPGM/CRTBNDRPG

Hello Colin,

Assuming this wasn't a rhetorical question ... here is my best guess -- given I 
understand 
most of IBM's design decisions.

CRTBNDRPG was originally designed to hide the complexity involved in creating 
ILE programs.  
Part of that is done by providing a single step compile where the *MODULE 
object is managed by 
the compiler and the programmer can continue to use one option from PDM.  That 
way they get 
the benefits of RPG IV without the baggage of ILE.

However, imagine the situation where a decision is made to put all the common 
routines (date, 
tax, string, maths, etc) in service programs.  Assume the service programs were 
created by the 
resident 'propeller-head' who understands the benefits of ILE.  We still want 
to keep things 
simple for the hack programmers.  They don't want to be bothered with all that 
module and 
binding stuff.  Hence the provision for specifying a binding directory (they 
can be issued an 
edict -- Thou shalt use BNDDIR(GoodStuff) when ye compile! -- or the 'prop' 
changes the 
command default) and magic happens.

If you want full control over the modules use CRTPGM.  That is what it was 
designed for.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.

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> Date: Thu, 15 Apr 99 14:56:02 +0100
> From: "Colin Williams" <Williamsc@technocrats.co.uk>
> To: "'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'" <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Reply-To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Modules on CRTPGM/CRTBNDRPG

> 
> The only way you can bind modules on the CRTBNDRPG command is by use of
> a binding directory, but does anyone know of a specific reason
> that OS/400 allows you to enter individual modules on the CRTPGM command
> but not on the CRTBNDRPG command? , it would be nice if you could
> specify your modules on CRTBNDRPG without the use of a binding
> directory.

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