Re: It might be time for a refactor when...

"The restriction of 10 chars for variables, functions and subroutines also call for explanation in comments. "

Can't help but date myself -- I remember when I was able to use the excuse of having to expand file names from 8 to 10 characters to justify switching from RPG III to RPG IV, which also let me use 10 character field names instead of 6.

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On 7/23/2024 1:01 AM, Patrik Schindler wrote:

Hello,

Am 23.07.2024 um 00:43 schrieb x y<xy6581@xxxxxxxxx>:

Too many asterisks suggest a coder not paying attention to logic and programming best practices.

I partly disagree.

For "new", all-free RPG code, you may be mostly right. Personally, I prefer to optically encapsulate functions and important loops in free form code languages I use: Perl, C. This gives the eye some structure to align with. But that's largely a question of taste.

Given the heritage of the system we love and care for, I think there is still plenty of old positional code in the wild. And that heavily benefits from optical structure help to compensate for the lack of e. g. indentation for conditionals and loops. The restriction of 10 chars for variables, functions and subroutines also call for explanation in comments.

So, again, it's: It depends.

:wq! PoC