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I have heard there is improvements in V5R4. Remeber, this is a hearsay. I don't know anything for sure. On 7/27/05, Alan Campin <Alan.Campin@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Like I said, unless you have to. SQL not being free(IBM, why, why why) is > one place where I still use them. I used subroutines for screen programs > until recently and converted to subprocedures but even then, I used them > inside a subprocedure. Works very nicely. Having local variable for things > like LoadOnePage makes things a lot clear and simpler. See my Trigger > Mediator TG0002 for examples. > > Also, opinion, I think freeing SQL in RPG/ILE is so important IBM ought to > do it and put it into the SQL pre-compiler as a PTF. Anybody else think so? > The only thing that is effected is the SQL pre-compiler and not much of > that. Why is IBM making it such a big deal? > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Joe Pluta [mailto:joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > >> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 10:52 AM > >> To: 'RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries' > >> Subject: RE: No Subroutines (was Re: Debugging many subprocedures) > > > >> The opinions of my esteemed colleagues' Mssrs. Gibbs and Campin > >> notwithstanding, I think "no subroutines" is a little bit of overkill. > >> Subroutines are quite useful for segmenting code where the code is > >> already using global constructs. For example, I find it quite nice for > >> separating the various routines of a UI program; I have one subroutine > >> for each page, and one subroutine for each function in the page. I then > >> cycle through the subroutines using state variables. Since the pages > >> all access the screen fields and they themselves are by definition > >> global, little is gained by turning these subroutines into procedures. > > >> Another place where subroutines come in handy is in the segmenting of > >> non-free-form opcodes, especially embedded SQL. In order to avoid the > >> ugliness of /free and /end-free, I can put my SQL code into subroutines > >> and then invoke them from business logic written in /free. > > >> I just don't agree with the blanket assertion that subroutines are > >> always bad. Every block of code doesn't necessarily need the > >> syntactical overhead of a procedure and the associated prototype. > > >> Joe > > > > From: Mike Wills > > > > Really? That is a good thing? Why is that? > > > > On 7/27/05, David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Mike Wills wrote: > > > > I my vendor's infinite wisdom, there is not subroutines in their > code, > > > it is > > > > all subprocedures. > > > > > > In that respect, they are truly wise. Seriously. > > > > > > -- > 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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