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The real problem is that they want to use it in ALL future opcodes, not just
Eval-CORR. So every new opcode name will be contrived just to add a hyphen. 

  Get-Date
  Get-Time
  Eval-Corr
  xml-Parse
  


-Bob Cozzi
www.RPGxTools.com
If everything is under control, you are going too slow.
- Mario Andretti


-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of rob@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 8:33 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: Hyphenated OpCode Names

If EVALCORR bothers you, then use EvalCorr.

Do we have ReadE or is it Read-E?  Do you think Read-E is that much more 
readable than ReadE?

I think that Bob's concern is that our eyes are trained that a hyphen in 
RPG indicates an action - subtraction.  Granted, a bulk of the time it 
will be:
x = z-y
or
x-=1
or
x=-1
Remembering that many people don't bother with the optional Eval op code.

Which brings up a flash of lightning.  Why not just say

correspond ThisDS ThatDS

And just trash the eval altogether?

Rob Berendt

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