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

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