Re: CL code formatting and programming etiquette

Vern,

Another thing, which I didn't point out, is that I *hate* CLs that do
concatenation with symbols ('||' and the ilk) because, being an old fart, I
can't remember them and, more importantly, I don't expect the next guy/gal
to either. Now '=' is pretty easy, but I still use '*EQ' (as illustrated
below) for clarity. Hell, I never learned shorthand, and I like clarity!
But, then, people who read my documentation and procedures may disagree as
regards the clarity.

Jerry C. Adams
IBM i Programmer/Analyst
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Constitution giving women the right to vote. (The deciding vote was by a
senator whose mother had written him to tell him she was watching him.)
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jerry C. Adams
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 12:31 PM
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Subject: RE: CL code formatting and programming etiquette

Well, Vern, I'm still stuck on V5R1 using WDSc 7, but maybe it'll do the
same thing. WDSc is good for keying CL - unless one prompts (which, as I
said, I do all of the time) and then it is slow. So I use SEU for CLs.

But maybe I wasn't clear enough about my formatting. For example:

DCL VAR(&NAME) LEN(1)
DCL VAR(&NAME2) LEN(2)

CHGVAR VAR(&FIELD) VALUE('Something')
CHGVAR VAR(&ANOTHERONE) VALUE(&WHATEVER *TCAT&FIELD)

Not separate lines for VAR() and LEN(), just aligned.

But your point about metrics is true. .-) But they wouldn't know a metric
here if it bit 'em in the butt.

Jerry C. Adams
IBM i Programmer/Analyst
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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vern Hamberg
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 12:11 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: CL code formatting and programming etiquette

In RDP one can get each parameter on a separate line - at least, START on a
separate line - this does make things easier to read, albeit more lines of
code - hey, that makes us more productive according to metrics, right??


On 5/29/2012 10:56 AM, Jerry C. Adams wrote:

-snip-
I, also, try to line up things. For example, a string the DCLs will
all have the TYPE() LEN() and VALUE() keywords in the same columns.
For me it's easier to read than zigzagging through the definitions.

-snip-
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