Re: First Free Format

[Douglas Handy <dhandy1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hans,

>I suppose the current design of SELECT grates on me since it's not
>really the statement it should have been.  On the other hand, if RPG
>programmers like it, I shouldn't complain.

I, for one, really like the ability to use expressions on each WHEN clause as
opposed to a integer lookup.  This is particularly true since, until recently,
there was not an ELSEIF statement.

With ELSEIF available, one could argue for a more "pure" SELECT, although at
least in the fixed format syntax I still like SELECT over IF/ELSEIF.  One reason
is that, without indentation, it is still obvious you are dealing with a
multiple exclusive choice structure.

I wouldn't be adverse to the introduction of a SWITCH statement which had the
purist implementation and presumably better performance, but I'm not convinced
the performance difference is critical (or even perceptible) anymore.

Doug