Re: Hx indicators

[Raul Jager <raul@xxxxxxxxxx>]

You are right.  Sometimes what began as a small problem solution ends up
in production.  The H left have not botherer me.  But, I will much
rather have the original source line numbers in the message.
______________________________________________________________________
M. Lazarus wrote:
> 
> Raul,
> 
> At 09:37 AM 2/26/00 -0300, you wrote:
> 
>      I find the H0- H8 indicators very usefull for extremely
>      unlikely error
>      situations. When (if ever) some user gets the H message, it
>      is very
>      easy to find where in the program it gets turned on.
> 
> While it may be easy to locate the source (unless you're using the
> same indicator in multiple places), one major problem is that the
> program doesn't halt immediately. It waits until the end of a cycle.
> So if you are in a loop and it gets set on, much processing can be
> done before the error flag will be raised.
> 
> Also, unless this has changed, there is supposed to be some additional
> performance overhead.
> 
> It's OK for a down and dirty program, but I don't recommend it for
> production.
> 
> -mark

-- 
  Raul A. Jager W.
Asuncion - Paraguay
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