Re: Formal RPG Free Standards -- RPG400-L

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Subject: Re: Formal RPG Free Standards
From: Rory Hewitt <rory.hewitt@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 11:53:34 -0700
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Further to what Alan says, almost more important than indentation is
naming. Of course, you may already have standards for this, since a naming
convention applies equally to fixed-format RPG. But I'll take a look too :)

On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 10:03 AM, Alan Campin <alan0307d@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I would be happy to look over also. The number one thing in free format is
enforcing indention. Any program needs to be properly indented. If not it
just makes maintenance a nightmare. Such a simple thing but amazing how
many times people do not do it.

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