Re: %EQUAL in a DOU loop

[Scott Klement <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

First of all, it COULD break code, since someone may be checkinf %FOUND to
get the result of the last CHAIN operation, having done a READE in between
the CHAIN and the check of %FOUND.

Second, do you SERIOUSLY think that %FOUND is a better indicator for "end
of file" than %EOF?

I think the confusion comes because people used to be able to define any
indicator they liked to indicate either FOUND or EOF, and they would
regularly use the same indicator for both because it made it easy to write
a loop.

I think the solution to the problem lies in us having the ability to
define NAMED indicators (not just numeric) as the result of a CHAIN, READ,
READE, etc so that people once again have that flexibility.

Making %FOUND signal end-of-file is definitely NOT intuitive.



On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 cozzi@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> It wouldn't break code. It would just work as expected now.
> Besides, usually I expect to hear that from an IBMer.  <vbg>
>