Re: Advice passing a large parameter

Sorry - mis-read the Char(15) bit.

I hear what you are saying - but variable naming (and comments in general) is for you. It is for those that follow you. The fact that those who produced the package were foolish is not really a reason to perpetuate it.

It just happens that RPG Guru today is very much on this topic. https://www.itjungle.com/2019/04/15/guru-preamble-comments/ <https://www.itjungle.com/2019/04/15/guru-preamble-comments/>


Jon Paris

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www.SystemiDeveloper.com

On Apr 15, 2019, at 11:00 AM, Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I can't agree more with this simple concept. As an RPG dinosaur who grew up trying to get meaning out of six characters, I always recommend as much information in your variables names as practical. Maybe not COBOL levels of information :), but definitely something meaningful.

On 4/15/2019 9:56 AM, Jon Paris wrote:

As to name - make it meaningful. Parm1 is _ not_ meaningful and neither is PLIST1. _Described_ the data it contains. CustomerInfo or whatever it contains.

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