Re: /Copy books - yes or no?

In RDi if you click on a variable in Outline view Dave and that variable is defined in a /Copy it will take you to the /Copy directive and you open with a right-click from there - so no real hardship - particularly when you don’t know where a variable is defined.


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On Mar 14, 2015, at 8:17 AM, Dave <dfx1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Vern,

I've been away from RDi a long time now. I thought it was RD P for power.
I've been using RDZ. The copy members are only one click away and can be
opened by clicking on a variable instead of looking for the copy statement.
Glad to find something finally that works better in RDZ.

2015-03-12 14:08 GMT+01:00 Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

The 2nd Con - looking at a separate source - in RDi it is as complicated
as a right-click on the /copy or /include name and click on a menu item.

Notice my smilie - :) and grin <vbg>

On 3/12/2015 7:50 AM, David Gibbs wrote:

On 3/11/2015 5:37 PM, Bob Cagle wrote:

Pro: Procedure prototypes don't have to be rekeyed everywhere

This is pretty much the ONLY thing I use them for ... and that enough is
worth any perceived hassle.

The risk of missing a prototype when you change the procedure interface
is far too high to risk not using a copybook. PLUS, modern change control
systems should track the use of copybooks and recompile programs that
reference them when changed (no vendor plugs here).

Con: Sometimes you need to see the code in the copy book, and

you have to go to a separate source to view it.

That is an absolutely trivial problem.

david

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