RE: Activation groups for beginners

You and Scott converted me during one of the recent polite discussions on
activation groups.  Using *NEW and *CALLER eliminates a lot of
thought/agonizing and works well in every situation I've tried so far.  This
method handles cleanup effortlessly.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Sims [mailto:ken@ke9nr.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 1:33 PM
> To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Activation groups for beginners
>
>
> Hi Scott -
>
> >Use *NEW & *CALLER.   When used correctly (which is easy to
> to) they yield
> >the same performance as named groups.  They're more
> efficient on memory.
> >They don't leave overrides laying around that can randomly
> affect other
> >jobs.  They don't create the maintenance nightmare of named groups.
> >They're easier to use, and a better solution.
>
> Right on!  I've been using true ILE for a couple of years now
> with a bunch
> of service programs and stuff.  I've yet to see a need for
> anything besides
> *NEW and *CALLER.
>
> The one statement you made that I would take exception to is:
> >They don't leave overrides laying around that can randomly
> affect other
> >jobs.
> Overrides inside of a named activation group aren't going to
> affect any
> other activation group, much less another job.
>
> Ken
> http://www.ke9nr.org/
> Opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily
> represent the views of
> my employer or anyone in their right mind.
>
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