Re: %EQUAL in a DOU loop

[cozzi@xxxxxxxxx]

It wouldn't break code. It would just work as expected now.
Besides, usually I expect to hear that from an IBMer.  <vbg>

-Bob


> 
> Hi Bob -
> 
> >EVERY programmer, without exception, that I've seen code this type
> >of stuff, assumes that READ and READE return a %FOUND() condition
> >rather than %EOF(). %EOF may be important, but %FOUND is how we
> >logically think it should be coded.
> >
> >I sure hope Hans & Barbara get a chance to "enhance" this in V5.3
> >and also get to PTF it back to V3R2.  (Just kidding about the PTF
> >thing).
> 
> While I agree that it would have been really, really, really nice
if 
> READ/READE/READP/READPE had been implemented to set %FOUND, I don't
> think 
> it can be changed now because it would break programs that use a
> %FOUND 
> condition from a CHAIN/SETLL/LOOKUP after some intervening READxx
> operation.
> 
> I don't do that, I eval the %FOUND status into a named indicator if
> I'm 
> going to use it other than right after the operation that set it,
> but there 
> are probably people that do, and those programs would stop working
> correctly.
> 
> Ken
> http://www.ke9nr.net/
> Opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily represent the
> views of 
> my employer or anyone in their right mind.
> 
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