RE: Right side comments

[Joel Fritz <JFritz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I know.  Long varible names in factor two don't work well in debug either if
you position the cursor on them and press F11.  IMHO they're both problems
with the debugger and I refuse to compromise my aesthetic principles just to
make it easier for someone who has to maintain the code.  <g>

Seriously, the inability to show the value of constants and expressions is
one of my pet peeves with the debugger.  If I remember correctly, the
debugger that came with Turbo Pascal and the other Borland low end
development tools ten years ago had the ability to evaluate expressions.  I
think you had to type them in, but on the 400 I use the command line in the
debugger more than anything else. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Dow [mailto:pcdow@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 3:12 PM
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Right side comments
> 
> 
> Hi Joel,
> 
> Ever tried to do EVAL XYZ at the debug command line when XYZ 
> is a constant?
> It's an extra step to go look up the actual value of a 
> constant when you
> need to know. OTOH, when reading code, a named constant 
> certainly makes
> things more readable.
> 
> Regards,
> Peter Dow
> Dow Software Services, Inc.
> 909 425-0194 voice
> 909 425-0196 fax
> 
> 
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