Re: Debug eval RPGLE %BIFs

[Pete Hall <peteh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 09:07 01/22/1999 -0500, Hans Boldt wrote:
>So this is working as described - %EOF is not affected by
>successful CHAIN or SETLL operations.
>
>This begs the question, though:  Is this what RPG programmers
>expect?  Although this is working as intended, clearly %EOF
>does not reflect the end-of-file status as reflected in the
>INFDS.  Would this be a more reasonable behavior for %EOF?
>Would any working programs be affected if we made this change?

Undoubtedly people have used this behavior in routines that combine
sequential-by-key and random access. Personally, I don't find it illogical.
"EOF" implies that you are reading sequentially through a file and have
reached the end. "Found" on the other hand, implies that a specific record
has been retrieved from the database. I generally hang with the lunatic
fringe though...
Pete Hall
peteh@inwave.com
http://www.inwave.com/~peteh
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