Re: external *PRTF (was: RE: 'ILE RPG' or 'RPG IV' . What'sthe difference!!!)

I really don't see how having difficulty keeping track of *one* source
file can be helped by breaking that source file into more files!

Regards,

Jim Langston

Todd kidwell wrote:

> >happen if the O specs are in the RPG source in the first place.
>
> But the same argument could be made _against_ putting the O specs in the RPG 
>source...
>
> If there is sloppy source control which allowed the print file object and the 
>source to become separated, the same thing could happen to the RPG program 
>object and the source.  What if the RPG source had the O specs but you were 
>changing the wrong RPG source?  Wouldn't this actually make the problem worse? 
> You may of made the right changes to the O specs, but inadvertently wiped out 
>a previous change - and you may not of found out until after you promoted the 
>program to production and got a call from an angry user.
>
> ... just a thought ...
>
> Todd Kidwell (Netstar)
> AS/400 System Administrator

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