Re: %EOF, %FOUND and the infamous Dow loop

[Douglas Handy <dhandy1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe,

>Interestingly enough, I wouldn't have made an issue of it except that I was
>trying to test something  ... how do I debug this?  Since I have no visibility 
>into
>the BIFs, the only way I can test is to change the code and see if it works.
>And that, I suspect, is what ticked me off more than anything else.

I concede your point, even if it was coded wrong.  Given that scenario, I can
understand your frustration at not knowing the BIF status.

>> I suspect this throws off way more people than the lack of being
>> able to see the
>> value of a function during debug.
>
>This final point may be telling.  I may be much less grumpy about this whole
>thing after I write a few hundred ILE programs.  I should revisit this whole
>thing in three or six months time and see what my feelings are <smile>.

I think once you have tried using it more, you'll be less grumpy about this
episode.  I'd never want to go back to RPG III syntax now...

Doug