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Tony, I'd have to both agree and disagree with this one. I think the use of the *INZSR was very viable in RPGIII and is still viable today with RPG IV. I've never bought into the notion that just because you can't see the code in front of you, the feature shouldn't be used. This is the kind of excuse I hear all the time when I ask people why they avoid /COPY like the plague. Having said that, if I could walking in someone else's shoes for a moment and suppose I was using another language (primarily) and not familiar with RPG, then yes, *INZSR would present an interesting learning curve to me. I would probably spend hours (days?) trying to figure out what the heck was going on.... But then I'd learn *INZSR and its function and I'd be set for the rest of my career. Bob Cozzi Cozzi Consulting www.rpgiv.com -----Original Message----- From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of CarollaT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 12:16 PM To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: *INZSR - I still love you!!! IMHO, if there are tasks that need to be done at the beginning of the task at hand, I simply code them at the beginning of the C-specs. Perhaps this is because I don't rely on the eternal repeating of the entirety of the C-specs. I could see the enhanced 'neatness' of moving these 'initialization' items to a subroutine, but beyond that, *INZSR simply adds to the 'mystique' of the program, by not having to EXSR that initialization subroutine. At a glance, it forces you to first look towards the bottom of the code, or search for the *INZSR text to see the program flow. Just my opinion. Take it or leave it. Tony Carolla MedAmerica Billing Services, Inc. _______________________________________________ This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries (RPG400-L) mailing list To post a message email: RPG400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/rpg400-l or email: RPG400-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l.
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