RE: Loop code

I believe the untoward behavior showed up in V4R5 and was corrected in V5R1.

Reeve Fritchman
Ayers Rock Software LLC
www.AyersRockSoftware.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jon Paris
> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 8:46 PM
> To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Loop code
> 
>  >> You're working backwards from your conclusion to your facts, Paul.
> 
> That might be because his conclusion is the correct one!
> 
> Hans will know for sure, but I think there was a problem with %EOF at one
> stage in that it was _not_ being cleared after the successful reset of the
> file pointer.  It made it useless because doing an %EOF(x) = *Off was
> neither practical or desirable as it might lead to the state of the file
and
> the state of the flag being at odds.
> 
> The current behavior makes _perfect_ sense and is the only practical way
to
> handle it.
> 
> If you find the BIFs so non-intuitive, why not just go back to indicators?
> No one is forcing you to use BIFS.
> 
> Jon Paris
> Partner400
> www.Partner400.com
> 
> 
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