RE: Procedures/Sub-Procedures

[Buck Calabro <mcalabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ron,
This is worth doing because "you never know."  You might find that data
area's are passé, and you want to switch to a control file.  You might find
a mis-spelt data area name someplace.  You might find that you need to
change the size/type of the data area.  You might need to add some sort of
error-recovery.  You may have to add a default value or implement
application-security.  You just never know.  Imagine having to make any of
these changes in a dozen places in a hundred programs as opposed to one
single spot.

Make it a procedure and you have more options than inline code.  More
options = more maintainable.

My apologies for the philosophical ranting.

Buck Calabro
Aptis; Albany, NY

> -----Original Message-----
> From: HwaRangRon@aol.com 
> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 12:22 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Procedures/Sub-Procedures
> 
> We are starting the next release of our software, which is all in ILE RPG.
> Now, I want to start taking common functions out of programs, change them
> into sub-procedures accessed via a service program(s). Put the service
> programs in a common binding directory and away we go..
> 
> One common function that all of our programs do is to get the current
> company that they are working with by accessing a data area. It's only a
> couple of lines of code, but I thought it made sense to put it into a
> sub-procedure. However, I can not define a data area in a sub-procedure
> (this also makes sense). 
> 
> So, I would have to create a full blown procedure (I assume not accessed
> via a service program). So, my question is, Is this still worth doing -
> given that it's only a couple of line of code retrieving a data area?
> 
> Anybody have any comments?
> 
> Ron 
> 
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