RE: [Re: RPGILE V4.3 Gotcha]

[boldt@xxxxxxxxxx]

Colin wrote:
>I have to say that I agree with Hans.
>
>What do you mean you shouldn't have to read the manual. They are there
>to be used, there's nothing embarrassing about refering to the manual,
>and I can't understand why some people think there is.
>If I hadn't picked up the CL manual all those years ago, I'd probably
>still be an operator today.
>
>How do you learn new tachniques, without reading up on areas that you
>are not currently using.?

Well, to be fair, there are some tips that aren't mentioned
in the manual that perhaps should be.  Such as checking for
message 7551 in the compile listing to see if any expression
is dropping any decimal precision.

Also, if you don't want to look at the compile listing after
every compile, you could always "CHGMSGD MSGID(RNS7551)
MSGF(QRPGLEMSG) SEV(30)" and your compiles would always fail
whenever you code an expression where decimal precision is
lost.

Cheers!  Hans

Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com


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