RE: diff btw Procedures and Routines

[Ken Sims <mr2087@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Buck -

>This is not likely unless you already have a complex environment with OPM
>programs staying open and shared ODPs, but if you need it, you need it bad!

I make all files in service programs to be USROPN and do an override with
SECURE(*YES) and SHARE(*NO) to make sure that I don't end up inadvertantly
sharing an open data path.  I delete the override immediately after opening
the file since it is no longer needed once the file is open and thus it
doesn't clutter up the job's override list.

All of my service programs run in *CALLER, which is either the default
activation group or a *NEW activation group.

Ken
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