Re: binder language, binding directories, bind by copy/reference

[Barbara Morris <bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Jon Paris wrote:
> 
> There is one point Scott omitted from his excellent summary on Binder
> Language.
> 
> When you add new procedures you should always add them _to_the_end_ of the
> list.  Do not be tempted to be "tidy" and add them in alpha (or any other)
> order.  If you do not follow this simple rule, really interesting things can
> happen!
> 

Given that you have to keep the procedures in the same order in all the
lists, why is the *CURRENT/*PRV method preferred over the hard-coded
signature method?

For example, this might be your entire binder source when using a
hardcoded signature:

signature('SRVPGMNAM')
  procA
  procB
  procC
  procB2

This would be your entire binder source when using *CURRENT / *PRV

signature(*current)
  procA
  procB  
  procC
  procB2

signature(*prv)
  procA
  procB
  procC

signature(*prv)
  procA
  procB

I just don't see the attraction of the second one.