I completely agree, however, I don't write all of our programs and there
isn't an 'official' stance on this in our shop. We're more of a, 'do what
you think is best' approach and there are differing 'opinions' on it. I
never compile my programs into the default activation group anymore, but
then again I'm the only one writing procedures, modules and service
programs for my modular code whereas the others choose to do theirs in
plain programs. I preach it, but since I'm lowest on the totem pole I
have no enforcement capabilities.
Such is life, as long as I do things correctly it will work out.
Thanks
Bryce Martin
Programmer/Analyst I
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On 29/04/2010, at 4:37 PM, David FOXWELL wrote:
When would it be advisable to explicitly compile a program to run in
the default activation group, particularly when named activation
groups are being used?
Simple answer is NEVER. The only use for the default activation group
is when you want to use RPG IV syntax but have everything else
(mostly) behave like the OPM environment. That is no ILE in which case
I would say what's the point?
Why not systematically compile so that the program runs in the same
group as the caller?
That's what you should generally be doing. One place to start is main
entry programs given either a named activation group or *NEW,
everything called by it as *CALLER. There are a few instances where
certain programs or service programs should be in a private named
activation group.
Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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