Re: is this the correct understanding for commitment control running in ILE?

I was having precisely that problem with my CGI programs, when debugging I
saw that outbound variables and structures were loaded with previous calls
values. Then I knew it was because I use user-named AGs. So, I had to
manually clear them. A bit of more work but that fixed the problem.

Good point!

El vie, 26 jul 2024 a las 9:34, Charles Wilt (<charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>)
escribió:

Generally, it's pretty simple...

Is a program called repeatedly, such that 100's or 1000's of activation
groups would be created and deleted per second with *NEW?
If so, then don't use *NEW. Use a named activation group, preferably
something like MYCOMPANY or MYAPP rather than QILE.

Now I believe in one of his messages, Jay mentioned this was going to be a
CGI program?

In that case, there's a few more considerations...

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.5?topic=programming-cgi-programs-activation-groups

- Named activation groups are required if it's a persistent CGI program.
- *NEW is a good choice to ensure cleanup between calls for stateless
programs. Simplifying the code and helping to protect you against mistakes
in the code.

But realize *NEW does have a cost, if you expect that your stateless CGI
program is going to be called 100's or 1000's of times a second, *NEW may
not be the correct choice. You may need some added complexity to use a
named activation group.

Charles


On Fri, Jul 26, 2024 at 8:43 AM Javier Sanchez <
javiersanchezbarquero@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Right Charles, I may have misunderstood. I believe that anyway, if *NEW
may give you performance issues and other problems and if you don't know
how to use it, better not use it.
Murphy's law, you know! :-)

JS


El vie, 26 jul 2024 a las 8:08, Charles Wilt (<charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>)
escribió:

On Thu, Jul 25, 2024 at 6:44 PM Javier Sanchez <
javiersanchezbarquero@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Susan Gantner wrote "The 7 Deadly Sins of ILE". She states that it

is

NOT

advisable to use *NEW for an activation group. Better give a literal

name

that identifies an application and the programs that work with it.

You are misunderstanding...

https://authory.com/JonParisAndSusanGantner/The-Seven-Deadly-Sins-of-ILE

Third deadly sin: Using *NEW *by default* rather than *by design*.

Using *NEW appropriately , is a very good thing.

Assuming the OP's pgmA is the first pgm being called and is not in a

loop,

*NEW is a good choice.

Charles
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