RE: Indicators Bad - Alternate to TEST(D) available?

["Stone, Brad V (TC)" <bvstone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ya, write your own wrapper for it.

If #ValidDate(SomeDate)
...
endif

Then, if anything every comes along, you can always change what's behind
#ValidDate() if it's still using indicators.

Man, another perfect place for overloading... Sending character, numeric,
date data type, or timestamp values into this subprocedure.

Brad

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Langston [mailto:jimlangston@conexfreight.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 11:55 AM
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Indicators Bad - Alternate to TEST(D) available?
> 
> 
> I'm one of the programmers who doesn't like using indicators in
> new RPG IV code.  Yet, I find myself having to use them in a few
> cases, notably the opcode TEST.
> 
> C        *YMD         TEST(D)        SomeDate                99
> C                     If             NOT *IN99
> ...
> 
> Is there yet a workaround this where we don't have to use indicators
> yet?
> 
> Also, what is the URL to the IBM ination?  www.ination.com is not it,
> that's some www.cyberdistrict.com (whatever that is).
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jim Langston
> 
> Me transmitte sursum, Caledoni!
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