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

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I see what y'all are doing with the second approach - it just reads 
funny to me. It actually slows me down, especially since the other way 
is more what our shop does across the board.

But this is right up there with the bracket preferences in C and Java, I 
suppose. Shall we all kneel down and pray? Yes, this is, IMO, a highly 
religious argument!!

BTW, this all gets strange and moot when you start using expressions for 
parameters, not variables. Feels like the kind of thing where procedures 
are based on the trivial cases. I mention it, because it feels like what 
I ran into, looking for ways to emulate SETLL with SQL - all the 
examples are single-column keys - hey, that's a no-brainer - now try it 
with 3 columns in the key - with 6! None of the answers available on the 
'Net are any help for the general case. BTW, I do know how, with the 
help of another developer at work.

Ducking and running!
Vern

On 4/5/2011 6:21 PM, Mark S. Waterbury wrote:
> (That did not line up quite right ...)
>
> I used to format it like this:
>
>      usefulProcedure ( itemID   :
>                        itemName :
>                        itemCode :
>                        itemQty );
>
> Now, I often format it like this:
>
>      usefulProcedure ( itemID
>                      : itemName
>                      : itemCode
>                      : itemQty
>                      );
>
> Mark