Re: Using prototypes...

Robert wrote:
In the shop I'm currently at Prototypes are are copied into programs at
compile time.

The programs are compiled in batch so the library list is defined in the
COMPILES JOBD. This library list does not contain the source library.
Basically the library list is:
modified_files
modified_objects
base_files
base_objects

So the prototypes file (which contains the members for the /copy) is in
the
modified_objects library.

My question is, is this normal practice or shouldn't the prototypes file
be
in the modified_source library and the library list in the COMPILES JOBD
be
changed to add modified_source as the last library list entry?


Robert -
My answer would be Yes and no:
Yes, the modified source library should be in the compiles jobd, but NOT
necessarily as the last library entry...

As a consultant, I have worked in many different AS/400 - iSeries - System
i, and IBM i shops. In each shop we have always had the necessary source
libraries defined in the library list of the jobd used for compiles.

Most of them are JDE shops, and the JDE "development" environment(s) always
have all necessary source libraries defined somewhere in library list
[custom source libraries are always above the JDE "pristine" source library,
in order to find any modified copy books in our custom source library
/first/].

Any compile submitted from an interactive session in a JDE "development"
environment can therefore find the copy books since the submitted job uses
the library list of the interactive job.

- sjl