Re: purpose of Z-ADD? (was: Question about legacy coding style)

Hi Willy,

*"But as with anything, in a few years I am sure that some change will be
made to RPG and this same line of thought about the 'eval' statement will be
going on."*

This has already been going on for years. In free format RPG it is rare
that the Eval opcode is used. In fact, I would think it's generally the
accepted practice to drop the Eval opcode.

Robert Rogerson

On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Willie J. Moore <WJMoore@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

To me (old time programmer) it seams that 'z-add' is easier to understand
than 'eval'.
The purpose of 'z-add was to set the result field to the number in factor2.
This was used mostly to zero out a field either before or after using it for
calculation or printing.
The z-add factor2 to result field lets you know what is happening, but the
'eval' opt code evaluates what? When something is evaluated, it just means
that it check for something in that field. But in RPG it means that it can
change the contents of a field also. The one nice thing is it does replace
at least two other opt codes (z-add & move). This does cut down on coding.
But as with anything, in a few years I am sure that some change will be
made to RPG and this same line of thought about the 'eval' statement will be
going on.


William Moore
California Fine Wire
805-489-5144
wjmoore@xxxxxxxxxxxx

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Subject: Re: purpose of Z-ADD? (was: Question about legacy coding style)

I'm not sure I'd call it a "legacy leftover" but yes Z-ADD existed before
EVAL was ever and opcode.



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Re: purpose of Z-ADD? (was: Question about legacy coding style)
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Since it was mentioned here and tickled a neuron...I might as well ask:
I've always wondered, what is the purpose of Z-ADD? Isn't it just the
same to EVAL = 0, or EVAL = whatever you really want it to be? Or is
this just a legacy leftover that only still exists in order to mess with
my mind?

Thanks! :)
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