RE: What bugs you about KLISTs in RPG IV?

[Buck Calabro <mcalabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >  Imagine for a moment:
> >
> >     cf   chain (custno: acctno: date) mastfile
> >
> >or even:
> >
> >     cf  chain (prodno: 'X' + subcode(n+14)) mastfile
> >
> >In other words, full expressions coded directly as key fields
> >for the keyed I/O operations!
> >
> >So todays questions are:  Would you take advantage of this if
> >available?  Would you still use KLISTs?
> 
This is a winner for me!  I don't have to keep referring back to the KLIST
definition to know what fields are being used.  It also helps at debug time
because I can quickly EVAL custno, acctno and date.  I really like this and
would not go back to KLIST if this were to become available.

Buck Calabro
Billing Concepts Albany, NY
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