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Joe wrote: >I get the impression that you do not consider the long name >capability either neccessary or desirable. I agree that long >names for the sake of long names is unproductive and can >make code harder to read, rather than easier. On the other >hand, there are times that restricting your name to 6, 10 or >12 charcters does the same. I rarely go over 12, but there >are rare occasions when I use 15-20 charaters because it >causes the code to be easier to understand. Do I really need to add a smiley every time I try to have a little fun? I agree with you about useful length of names. The longer you make a name, the more descriptive it is, but too long makes it inconvenient to use. I agree that 15-20 is probably a good upper limit on name length. The 4096 char limit on the size of long names is a bit of a joke since it was driven by a requirement that we knew at the time was a bit flakey. (I'll defer from discussing other (ahem) issues regarding the function.) Cheers! Hans Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com +--- | This is the RPG/400 Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to RPG400-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to RPG400-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to RPG400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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