Re: Service programs and QSRVSRC

[Rory Hewitt <roryhewitt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Alan,

I think you may have misunderstood me.

I agree with you if you're talking about inline comments - when I delete
code, I delete it and when I change it, I don't just comment out the old
code (as you say, that's what CMPSRC is for). However, how does having
single-line comments at the top of the source make reading the source a
nightmare?

/*M:-----------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*M: 14Jun06 HEWRO01 M10945 *NONE    Binder source created.          */
/*M: 27Jun07 HEWRO01 M10985 *NONE    Add GetProcName().              */
/*M: 29Jun07 HEWRO01 M10986 *NONE    Add GetProcName2().             */
/*M:-----------------------------------------------------------------*/

Rory

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Alan Campin <alan0307d@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I hate code with modification comments. Makes the code an absolute
> nightmare
> to read.
>
> That is what CMPSRC is for.
>
> Years ago I read an article on code readability. They had programs that
> rated programs on readability and the number one thing that reduced the
> score is dead code in the program.
>
> The only exception I have to that rule is when I am making a mod to a
> vendor
> program and I will have to incorporate changes into a new version.
>
> IMO.