RE: QRPGSRC vs. QRPGLESRC

["Reeve Fritchman" <reeve@xxxxxxxxxx>]

<sigh>Well, by the time this current project is finished...</sigh>

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> Somebody probably knows the maximum number of members in a source file;
> this
> might be a concern where there are many compiled objects in an
application.
> My members are all uniquely named...and then I hit binder source (since
> prototypes are the HLL program name + 'PR', the binder source could be HLL
> program name + 'BS').
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> -reeve
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> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@midrange.com] On Behalf Of
> > Scott Klement
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 11:31 AM
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> > Subject: Re: QRPGSRC vs. QRPGLESRC
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> > There are pros and cons to this approach...
> >
> > Nice things about using one file for both languages:
> >    1) Is that it's just one place to search.
> >    2) You won't end up with the (potentially confusing) situation where
> two
> >         source members have the same name.
> >    3) Just one file to backup/synchronize, etc.
> >
> > Nice things about using two files:
> >    1) Sometimes it's nice to be able to search for something
> language-specific.
> >        For example, if you want to know everywhere a file is updated,
you
> >        might search for an F in column 6, followed by the filename and a
> >        U in column 15.   That would work for RPG/400.   Then you'd have
> to
> >        search for the U in col 17 of ILE RPG.  That's hard to do when
the
> >        search program doesn't know which source members it's searching.
> >
> >    2) Its easy to identify which programs have been converted from
> >        RPG/400 to ILE RPG just by seeing which file the member is in.
> >
> >    3) All of the commands, etc, assume your file is called QRPGLESRC
> >        which may save someone some time.
> >
> > Neither method seems to me to be significantly better than the other.
> > There are workarounds for all of the problems caused by one method or
> > another.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, Malchow, Grizzly wrote:
> >
> > > I'm supposed to create a source file named QRPGSRC that will be hold
> all
> > > of source files, both RPG and RPGILE. I've always kept the 2 source
> > > members in seperate source files. I.E. QRPGSRC and QRPGLESRC. I know
> > > QRPGLESRC has a longer record length. I'm supposed to create a QRPGSRC
> > > with a record lenght of 112. Everywhere I've been before has always
> kept
> > > the sources seperate. I don't think it's necesarily a good idea. I
need
> > > a good reason to explain why we should not do this, other than
industry
> > > standards, the differences in the code etc.
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