RE: Free Form RPG Opinions Wanted

[Buck Calabro <Buck.Calabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>My point is there's no reason to have to. [flip from /free to fixed and
back].
>
>MYKEY1   CHAIN     MYFILE1
>         IF        %FOUND(MYFILE1)
>         MOVE      DBFLD1        WKFLD1
>         ENDIF
>         MOVEL     WKFLD1        OUTFLD
>
>It becomes this:
>
>/free
>      chain mykey1 myfile1;
>      if %found(myfile1);
>/end-free
>         MOVE      DBFLD1        WKFLD1
>/free
>      endif;
>/end-free
>         MOVEL     DBFLD1        OUTFLD
>
>You think this makes sense.  

No, I'd argue that this was changed into /free just for kicks.  Why did the
programmer change that code?  What enhancement was being made?  If I were
doing that and had to have that code in the middle of some new function,
it'd be using expressions and not MOVE.

>I think the requirement of a mixed-mode is an 
>unnecessary burden

I just figured that if a dinosaur like me can use it, it can't be that hard!
Although, I don't mix it up quite as much as the above example does... I
tend to keep whole sections in one syntax or the other.  Like my SQL.
  --buck