Re: Indicators

[Barbara Morris <bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Tim Kredlo wrote:
> 
> As such, if I want to do something when a condition IS VALID, I end having
> to use a double-negative, such as "Not Prt#Invld".
> For readability I would much rather use "Prt#Valid", but my output screen
> indicators would then have to be a series of 'N##'s.
> 

In the tradeoff between the readability of your program source vs your
screen source, I'd personally much rather have N## (single negative,
coded once) in my screen source than "Not Prt#Invld" (double negative,
coded many times) in my program source.  Even if it means having to
initialize them to '1' for "normal".

You might consider using an INDDS for your screens.  Then you could
initialize these in your source.

D indds         ds
D   Prt#Valid             n    overlay(indds : 37) inz('1')