RE: Indicator documentation (was: worst RPG ever seen?)

David,

I hope you mean RPG indicators as opposed to indicators in general. Named
indicators are good things and very useful.

I much prefer

        If    AddProduct;

As opposed to

        If    AddProduct = 'Y';

Which, of course, is much better then

        If    *In32 and *in17 or Not *In65

:-)

Regards
 
Paul Tuohy
ComCon
www.comconadvisor.com 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of David Gibbs
Sent: 28 February 2006 19:22
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Indicator documentation (was: worst RPG ever seen?)

Jerry Adams wrote:
> I don't recall actually running out of indicators, but I do recall
> forgetting what each one did.

Ah, that reminds me of my favorite bit of documentation ... the
'indicator summary' at the top of many programs.  You know, that block
of comments that's included in every program you see (probably copied in
from a boiler plate) and absolutely, positively, never updated once.

david
(who strives to never use an indicator in a program at all if possible)