Hx indicators

["M. Lazarus" <mlazarus@xxxxxxxx>]

Raul,

At 09:37 AM 2/26/00 -0300, you wrote:
> I find the H0- H8 indicators very usefull for
> extremely unlikely error
> situations.  When (if ever) some user gets the H message, it is
> very
> easy to find where in the program it gets turned on.

 While it may be easy to locate the source (unless you're using the
same indicator in multiple places), one major problem is that the program
doesn't halt immediately.  It waits until the end of a cycle. 
So if you are in a loop and it gets set on, much processing can be done
before the error flag will be raised.

 Also, unless this has changed, there is supposed to be some
additional performance overhead.

 It's OK for a down and dirty program, but I don't recommend it for
production.

 -mark