RE: H ActGrp('QILE') vs H ActGrp(*caller)

["Sims, Ken" <KSIMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Joel -

>*NEW is a named activation group.  The system just picks
>the name for you.

Well, excuse me for not using the full term "user-named activation group"!
<G>

>I do use it for exactly the circumstances we're talking
>about because it pretty much guarantees a unique identifier.
>I would use a name if I was sure that the job would never,
>never, never have more than one instance at a time,

The job will never have more than one instance of a user-named activation
group at a time.  Once the activation group is created, anything that
specifies that activation group will run in that same activation group until
it is destroyed.

>just because I like human readable names.  I'd have to be
>real sure, though. <g>

If you use a user-named activation group, it will not be automatically
destroyed when no longer in use; a system-named activation group will be.
To me that is a significant difference and automatic cleanup is much more
important than having a meaningful name.  (The system-named activation
groups have human readable names, they just aren't particularly meaningful.
<G>)

Ken
Southern Wine and Spirits of Nevada, Inc.
Opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily represent the views of
my employer or anyone in their right mind.