Re: Naming conventions - was ->RE: Replacing *entry plist

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

As stated earlier, the suffix on files help to differentiate between the 
program name and a file name when you replace *entry plist.

Now I am all for keeping source in one physical file.  Well, at least all 
program source.  I am starting to lean towards keeping all file source in 
one file also.  I, too, think the suffix on a program is a waste of space. 
 And if you kept your program source in QPGMSRC it wouldn't matter to 
those who forget to do a DSPPGM to see if they have to look in QRPGLESRC 
or QCLSRC.  This would also avoid the problem in which compiling a program 
of one language blows away a program of another language.

Why am I starting to lean towards keeping file source in one source file 
also?  If some of your files are defined with SQL and some with DDS (using 
RUNSQLSTM) who wants to search all over for that?  However, on a 
production machine (excluding strange banking rules) often the source is 
not put on the production machine.  Then if there were some RUNSQLSTM for 
purging records, etc., I can see maybe a separate source file for that.

Rob Berendt
-- 
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary 
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." 
Benjamin Franklin 




"Bartell, Aaron L. (TC)" <ALBartell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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I have thought about the names of my source members and objects a lot in 
the
past couple of weeks, and being that there is such a huge limitation on 
the
amount of chars you can use to name something I am wondering why we even 
use
a suffix when we have the object type to do that for us??

Of course you would have to put your source in different source members 
like
QDDSSRC, QDSPSRC, QMODSRC, QSRVSRC, QPNLSRC, QRPGLESRC, etc so they 
wouldn't
collide in the source physical file.

I wonder if that limitation (max of 10 characters for names) is ever going
to get better??

Aaron Bartell

-----Original Message-----
From: Joel Fritz [mailto:JFritz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 1:41 PM
To: 'RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries'
Subject: RE: Replacing *entry plist


I like ending both physical and printer file names with "P."  I'd add a
smiley, but I've seen it a lot. 

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