Re: Coding in Column 1

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9.5? 



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From: "Vernon Hamberg" <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: "RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 3:31:11 PM 
Subject: Re: Coding in Column 1 

Kurt 

This was a question of mine when I first looked at 9.5 - we use this 
approach, and it's been around for decades. 

Fortunately, there's no need to change the old stuff - this new format 
is for new code only. 

So if we use the 1+ way of coding, we'll need new ways (maybe old in 
other languages) to indicate change, if we do it in the code. Other 
languages take advantage of diffs between iterations, so no need for 
marking in code itself. 

To mark changes in CL has required some kind of START and END comments 
with a change ID, perhaps. 

A comment could be placed to the right for this kind of thing. 

Other ideas? I know I don't have the market covered here. 

Cheers 
Vern 

On 9/18/2015 2:24 PM, Kurt Anderson wrote: 
> I was curious what the community thinks about getting rid of the 'mod mark' concept (putting a ticket/request/whatever # in columns 1-5)? In my 15+ years of RPG, every shop I've been at has marked changed code with some kind of value in columns 1-5. But soon we'll have the ability to 'unreserve' columns 1-7 and start coding in column 1 like most (all?) other languages. 
>
> I'm meeting resistance on our team about taking advantage of those columns in that way (especially with the ability to code past column 80). Will any of your teams be foregoing this mod-mark concept and embrace coding starting in column 1? 
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