RE: U1-8 Switches: Similar to *LDA ?

["DeLong, Eric" <EDeLong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is that another example of a technically slick "DON'T". (in this case, the
capital letters should be about 100 point or so) Sort of like trying to
write a calendar app in OCL.... 

Eric DeLong

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Klement [mailto:klemscot@klements.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 1:28 PM
To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
Subject: RE: U1-8 Switches: Similar to *LDA ?



On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Buck Calabro wrote:
>
> Then again, this thread was about 8 characters worth of UPSI.  You can't
> readily pass more than 256 bytes of "parameter data" with switches anyway,
> and decoding THAT would be a chore!
> nU1 nU2 nU3 nU4 nU5 nU6 nU7 nU8 = choice 0
> nU1 nU2 nU3 nU4 nU5 nU6 nU7  U8  = choice 1
> nU1 nU2 nU3 nU4 nU5 nU6  U7 nU8  = choice 2
> etc...
> 

That'd be 256 possible VALUES, but only one byte :)

Believe it or not, I've seen programs that actually DO this,
treating switches as bits, and making a byte from them.

Seems like a lot of horsing around just to avoid using parameters
or the LDA! :)



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