RE: igndecerr(*yes)

["DeLong, Eric" <EDeLong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All of that being said, I think this is a horrible compile option, and I would rather recommend the use of Monitor blocks to trap data exceptions...  The very notion of ignoring runtime exception seems absurd (reckless, irresponsible) to me...

JMO,
-Eric DeLong

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rory Hewitt
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 9:34 AM
To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i
Subject: Re: igndecerr(*yes)

Reading through an input flat file which is converted from e.g. a CSV
spreadsheet. Very common to find that formatting errors creep in.

On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 6:39 AM, <paultherrien@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Expedience.  Instead of cleaning up the data, ignore it.
>
> Paul
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Dave
> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 8:36 AM
> To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i
> Subject: igndecerr(*yes)
>
> Hi all,
>
> An RPGIII I just converted to ILE blew up when it ran :
>
> Before :
>
> RPGIV procedure calls CLP, passing a signed numeric variable (the RPGIV had
> been converted 6 months ago and the parameter was changed by error and not
> noticed). The CLP does nothing, just passes it to the RPGIII.
>
> After :
> The RPGIII is now also RPGIV and blows up when it tries to access the
> parameter.
>
>
> I eventually found that the reason being was that a custom compile command
> compiled the RPGIII with igndecerr(*yes).
>
> My question is, why would anyone want to compile this way?
>
> Thanks.
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