Re: Postfixed characters ( was RPG, open source, and the web)

Rory,

you do what most do, but it is still the slowest way for your brain to
"minddebugging" the basic code because your
mind has to do a horisontal/vertical scan instead of just at vertical scan -
try this:

promptPrintForms(
rbcnppfUSER :
rbcnppfSSN :
rbcnppfSTDCD :
rbcnppfPKG
rbcnppfID :
rbcnppfTXNO :
rbcnppfHCOR :
rbcnppfRESULT :
rbcnppfDO_ALL )
-or-
promptPrintForms
( rbcnppfUSER
: rbcnppfSSN
: rbcnppfSTDCD
rbcnppfPKG
: rbcnppfID
: rbcnppfTXNO
: rbcnppfHCOR
: rbcnppfRESULT
: rbcnppfDO_ALL
)


On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 12:29 AM, Rory Hewitt <rory.hewitt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I do this:

promptPrintForms( rbcnppfUSER :
rbcnppfSSN :
rbcnppfSTDCD :
rbcnppfPKG :
rbcnppfID :
rbcnppfTXNO :
rbcnppfHCOR :
rbcnppfRESULT :
rbcnppfDO_ALL );

but I recognize I might be amongst a minority...

Rory

On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Voris, John <john.voris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

wrote:

RE: prefixed commas . . are more readable , more understandable.

So in RPG, which do people think is more readable:

promptPrintForms(
rbcnppfUSER :
rbcnppfSSN :
rbcnppfSTDCD :
rbcnppfPKG :
rbcnppfID :
rbcnppfTXNO :
rbcnppfHCOR :
rbcnppfRESULT :
rbcnppfDO_ALL )

-or-

promptPrintForms
( rbcnppfUSER
: rbcnppfSSN
: rbcnppfSTDCD
: rbcnppfPKG
: rbcnppfID
: rbcnppfTXNO
: rbcnppfHCOR
: rbcnppfRESULT
: rbcnppfDO_ALL
)

This different format is not something that can be easily customized
inside your RDp editor,
but code-generators /and/ snippets might work well with this format.

The main thing is not to mix the two different styles within the same
section of code.
Make a logical break in the code if you are going to change the style.

- John Voris

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