RE: READE is confusing to me

[Joel Fritz <JFritz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's a semantic thing, but it took me a while to realize what %found,
%equal, and %eof are intended to mean.  Fortunately, I found out where I was
wrong before I installed the programs that used them incorrectly.  I had to
read the manuals very carefully.  Some people may find them intuitive

> -----Original Message-----
> From: M. Lazarus [mailto:mlazarus@ttec.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 8:45 PM
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: READE is confusing to me
> 
> 
> At 9/11/00 08:05 AM -0400, you wrote:
> >%Equal is used on Setll or Lookup
> 
>   I think that the implementation of these BIFs makes them 
> inconsistent.  Even though there was considerable thought 
> behind it, I 
> think it ended up being misguided.  I think that they s/b 
> consistent for 
> ALL I/O opcodes.  This means that all CHAIN's and READx's should have 
> %Found and %EOF available.
> 
>   Does anyone else find the implementation confusing?
> 
>   -mark
> 
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