Re: RPG/IV Source Utility

[Scott Klement <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Jim Langston wrote:

> Hmm.. thinking on it though, wouldn't it be MUCH simpler to just
> take the output from a compile and process that?  You already have
> all the cross reference information you need in there nicely laid
> out for you.  It tells you all the member names for each physical
> file, all the variable names, where each is defined/referanced, etc...

This would actually make writing such a program relatively simple.  :)
If I recall, the compile list already tells you which variables aren't
being referenced by your code...   Gosh, that takes all the challenge
out of it, doesn't it?

> 
> Why reinvent the wheel?  In fact, I seem to recall, I could be 
> mistaken, that you can compile without actually creating the program.
> Have your program run a compile without building and then read the
> spool file and process it.

Just think of what life would be like if we never reinvented the wheel!
We'd be driving cars where the wheels were nothing more than a piece of
a tree-trunk.  The wheels wouldn't be particularly round, the ride would
be VERY rough, and you'd be lucky if your wheel stayed together for any
significant distance.

Reinventing the wheel makes lots of sense, as long as the result of such a
reinvention is bringing you value!

The process of continually reinventing and improving technologies is what
keeps us in business!  Go inventors go! 

(Sorry, I got carried away.)

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