Re: Benefits of Sub-procedures

["Andy Holmer" <aholmer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Barbara,

Please correct me if I misunderstand this...

> Joel Cochran wrote:
> > 
> > And to add to the fine points already listed, using procedures 
> > verifies your program calls at compile time rather than run time.  
> > An easy way to prevent parameter mismatches.
> 
> Joel, that's a benefit of prototypes, not of procedures.  You can make

> a prototyped call to a program.
> 
I can always prototype the program call incorrectly.  The compiler will
ensure that I call the way that I have prototyped, but not necessarily
the way the *Entry PLIST was defined.  I do not get that kind of
checking unless I use Sub-Procedures and a /COPY book to check the
prototype against the interface as I compile the module.

Andy