Then use subroutines instead of procedures. There have long been ways to logically segment programs. We haven't "had" to program in a giant monolithic block style since RPG II.
Mark Murphy
STAR BASE Consulting, Inc.
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-----Duane Scott <dscott@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: -----
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Date: 04/12/2016 02:15PM
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Block printing lines in LPEX - Last Change Date included
Not easy to do when procedures are not common practice in the shop you work in.
I agree though, that if it's an option, take advantage of it as much as possible.
Duane
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-----John Yeung <gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: -----
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Which seems nice. But that area in the margin looks pretty small; what
happens when you are in that 100-line, 12-deep control block?
...
Don't do that, break it into sub procedures with appropriate names. Deeply nested code is so much easier to mess up because you have to keep the whole thing in your head all at once.
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