Re: Infinit loop in /free -- RPG400-L

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"dozens of nesting levels" scares the daylights out of me. That sounds to me
like a programming monster waiting to bite the programmer that touches it.
In my experience these programs usually have hundreds of lines of code,
convoluted logic that has evolved over decades, and redundant code. "Leave"
and "iter" are needed for the programmer's self defense, but I can not
believe the platform is well served with those kinds of programs remaining
as legacy. 
 
 
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Booth Martin http://www.MartinVT.com
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-------Original Message-------
 
From: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Date: 11/22/2003 11:42:54 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: Infinit loop in /free
 
Forgive me, I must join the chorus in favor of "leave" and
"iter".
 
On occasion I have counted dozens of nesting levels for
"if"s and "do"s. With leave and iter, you are not "jumping
the loop boundary", which it seems is one of those
structured programming principles.
 
- Alan

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