Re: bad indicators, bad! (was: RE: MOVEA -> EVAL)

[bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx]

>Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 11:53:00 -0700
>From: "Peter Dow" <pcdow@yahoo.com>
>
>I'd just like to make the point (as Barbara Morris did) that this solution
>separates the display file indicators from the RPG indicators.  That is,
in
>Mark's example, changing sfl_clear does _not_ affect *IN(80).

People may say that it doesn't matter if *IN(80) is affected, since they
aren't going to use indicators any more.  But by using an INDDS, you can
assign the indicators for a display file without worrying whether those
indicators are being used by another display file that might be in a common
program.  Since each file's INDDS is different (or at least _can be_
different), each file's indicators are independent.

Brian (Parkins), why do you find the INDDS is harder to use than the
indicator overlay? I personally hate the indicator overlay since it
is still using the indicators, but in a hidden way (the cross reference
won't show those changes).

Barbara Morris

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