Re: Standards question: What is your feeling about %found&%eofvs. %found(file) & %eof(file) ?

Joe Pluta wrote:

hate to argue this point, but the qualified BIF is absolutely clearer because it doesn't require me to read another line of code to figure out what it does. It's sort of a slam dunk. Any other argument is based on making life easier for the original programmer.

If I do a CHAIN at line 100, then at line 500 do a IF %FOUND(CUSTHIST), it's going to be difficult to immediately understand which key list was used to set that %FOUND. It's not possible to read that one line of code and know whether I'm working with parent accounts or sub-accounts. The file name alone isn't enough information.

Setting a boolean with a decent name is much clearer here than the bald file name on the BIF:
parent_account chain custhist
if %found()
parent_found=*on
else...
...
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