RE: Trivia: How many lines of code are allowed in an RPG Program?

["Bob Cozzi" <cozzi@xxxxxxxxx>]

Frank,
When we were testing RPG IV, we compiled a 56,000 line program (original
line count from RPGIII). As others have pointed out. SEU has always had a
32k limit on the number of lines of code. 
I won't comment on the viability of actually changing such a monster
program, but... 
If you're having an issue with SEU, you should move to CODE/400 or another
windows-based editor. They do not share this limitation.
-Bob


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Thank you for all your responses.  I'm going to try using /COPY for the
large subroutines.

Frank





"Steve Landess" <sjl_abc@xxxxxxxxxxx>@midrange.com on 10/19/2004 11:34:38
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----- Original Message -----
>Frank wrote:
> Subject: Trivia: How many lines of code are allowed in an RPG Program?
>

> If you guessed 32,764 lines, you are correct.  I found this out the hard
> way.  I'm thinking about using /COPY to replace all of the long code.
Will
> the progam still compile?

Frank,

The short answer is yes.  The limit that you encountered is an SEU
limitation, not a compiler limitation.

I have been working with JDE code for years, and with enough modifications
the sales order entry program (P4211) will eventually reach the SEU size
limit (as shipped from JDE, it already has over 31,500 lines of code...).

What I have done to get around the SEU limitation is to put a couple of the
large subroutines (particularly S005, which is about 5000 lines of code)
into separate source members, and use /COPY to copy them into the program
for compile purposes.

HTH,
Steve Landess
Austin, Texas
(512) 423-0935



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