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  3. July 2002

Re: Arrays vs MODS

Richard B Baird wrote:
> Darnit Hans,  I thought I was going to get to write up my first PMR :)
>
> btw Hans, can YOU think of a reason to use a MODS rather than the
> techniques below?

Actually, yes, there was one useful application for MODS.  Prior to
V5R2, it was one way to fake out a two-dimensional array.  Other
than that, finding good uses for the MODS was a bit of a stretch.

But in V5R2, coding an "array data structure" should be preferred
over MODS.  Plus, by combining array data structures with LIKEDS
array subfields, you can now more easily fake out multi-dimensional
arrays with more than two dimensions.

Cheers!  Hans

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