Re: "M" apparently a special word in Outline -- WDSCI-L

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On 11/12/2015 12:12 PM, Duane Scott wrote:

However, the source from which I pulled that little snippet has over 30,800 lines of code, some of which date back to 1991. There have been many "cooks" and apparently almost the entire alphabet has been used in one place or another. As I was looking for ways to reduce or eliminate (or consolidate code), I looked for each individual letter. When I hit m in the Outline, I knew there were more than two occurrences. I just couldn't find them using the Outline.

30K lines of code, written in RPG IV (not free form), is not easy when you are used to much less. The vast majority of programs I've worked on in the past 15 years have been much smaller and thus easier to find what I'm looking for.

This exact sort of code is what I'm in every day; I definitely feel your
pain. I feel that the compiler cross reference listing works better for
me when prowling through the innards of these beasts, which is why I'm
not a big Outline View user.

I definitely appreciate having my horizon widened!

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