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Re: Parameters vs. Data Structure?

From: Rick Rayburn <the400man@hotmail.com>
> Got a program calling another program with 55 parameters being passed
> between each
> 2. would I be better served with 1 field being passed and then split into a
> 55 field data structure upon entry/re-entry?

forget about machine-efficiency, think human-efficiency.
Organize the parameters into an input set and a return set
then structure 1 input parameter with multiple fields, and
1 return parameter with multiple fields. Organize things so
that they make sense to the maintenance programmer.

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