RE: Right side comments

[Joel Fritz <JFritz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I can remember doing this sort of thing in RPGIII and people asking me what
that stuff meant.  
Some people think that the "real" values are more meaningful. 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rob@dekko.com [mailto:rob@dekko.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 1:07 PM
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: Right side comments
> 
> 
> 
> Then change your check from
> If Status='A'
> to
> If Status=Active
> and have Active be a defined constant with a value of 'A'
> 
> Sort of like the following:
> D NoError         C                   0
> D RecordNotFound  C                   12
> D DuplicateKey    C                   1021
> D ReferentialErr  C                   1022
> D TriggerErrBef   C                   1023
> D TriggerErrAft   C                   1024
> D Youareold       C                   1031
> D FileClosed      C                   1211
> D FileOpen        C                   1215
> D ImpOpenCloseEr  C                   1216
> D ExpOpenCloseEr  C                   1217
> D RecAlreadyLock  C                   1218
> D UpdBeforeRead   C                   1221
> D RefErrOnAlloc   C                   1222
> D PermIOErr       C                   1251
> D JobEndingCtl    C                   1282
> ...
> if %status(filea)=RecordNotFound
> 
> Now isn't that better than
> if %status(filea)=12
> 
> 
> Rob Berendt
> 
> ==================
> A smart person learns from their mistakes,
> but a wise person learns from OTHER peoples mistakes.
> 
> 
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