RE: AW: How to properly use %EOF() bif?

Aside from readability, it's another good reason to use the filename
parm in %eof even if it seems obvious.

My C teacher in junior college would mark us down for "excessive" use of
comments. They were acceptable only in situations where it wasn't
obvious what was going on.  His theory was that good code is self
documenting.  I wasn't sure about that then and I'm less sure of it now.
How obvious things are is in the eye of the beholder.<g>

Laplace, the 18th century mathemetician often prefixed sections of
proofs with "it's easy to see..." For him, maybe.

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<><><>[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Klement
<><><>Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 11:45 AM
<><><>To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
<><><>Subject: Re: AW: How to properly use %EOF() bif?
<><><>
<><><>Hi Birgitta,
<><><>
<><><>>>> Chain does not set the value of %EOF  (it doesn't
<><><>turn it on or off)
<><><>[SNIP]
<><><>> %EOF with no parameter is not changed by these operations.
<><><>> 1. CHAIN (Random Retrieval from a File) on page 573
<><><>
<><><>Sounds like they're saying the same thing to me?  One
<><><>says chain does not set the value of %EOF <--- note that
<><><>there's no parameter listed there.
<><><>The other says "%EOF with no parameter is not changed by CHAIN".
<><><>
<><><>Where's the discrepancy?
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