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On 2012-05-24, at 1:00 PM, rpg400-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Poor design is poor design, regardless of the method used. You can get
into real trouble if you pass a parameter to another program that has
it defined as longer than the calling program.
True - but the LDA positively encourages it. More to the point - if someone purchases a package what is there to tell them that it uses the LDA? Purchase two that do it and you can have problems.
The LDA is a legacy item - we have better safer ways now so why not use them?
Jon Paris
www.partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com
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