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I was having the same problem with what you described below also.  I'm
trying to come up with a way that I can apply universally, hence needed
to declare "successful" as const.  Thanks.  That makes me feel a bit
better now.

Uummm.  I haven't thought of using copy book yet.  I hate variable that
comes from copy book.  I know, I know...   Still hate it though.



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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Klement

However, that's not always what your subprocedure does.  I use
success/fail for lots of different types of subproocedures, not just
validity checking.

For example:

      if ( order_loadCustOrdersList() = SUCCESS );

Sure, i could rename it to read "order_CustOrderListLoadedSuccessfully"
or something like that, but to me, it's no longer obvious that the
subprocedure actually loads it the order list.  At that point, it looks
like you're just checking to see if it was successful, instead of
actually doing the work.

So for a routine that's primary purpose isn't to check something, I use
the SUCCESS/FAIL constants.

Hope that makes sense.


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