RE: RPG enhancement suggestion

[Colin Williams <Williamsc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You mean most applications dont include a DUMP as a standard part of
their error processing! How do you fix errors in a client system?

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Shaw [mailto:dshaw1@infoave.net]
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 6:07 PM
To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: RPG enhancement suggestion


-----Original Message-----
From: Colin Williams <Williamsc@technocrats.co.uk>

>This is what happens if you specify DEBUG(*YES) in your programs,
>which is included so that a DUMP can be produced as part of the error
>processing,
>but also means that every field is read in from every file.
>
>This is the standard at my current company,
>and at every other place that I have worked, where they include the
DUMP
>opcode as part of their error processing.

Interesting that that's your standard.  I've used it, but not
frequently.  I
suspect that it's not terribly common in most shops, so you're unlikely
to
get a huge outpouring of support from other RPG programmers, especially
since there are so many work-arounds (logical files, SQL views, OPNQRYF
with
a format file, embedded SQL for I/O, etc.).  Of course, Hans could
probably
put it into the compiler in 5 or 10 minutes, but then they'd have to
document it.  You know how much work THAT is for IBM.


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