Re: OVRDBF in ILE (was: diff btw Procedures and Routines)

[Ken Sims <mr2087@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Keith -

>*CALLER is fine, but you might want to try using a named activation group
>instead of *NEW.  Unless you're using C (static initialization issue) or
>need recursion, you can avoid the overhead of creating new activation groups
>and might see a performance improvement.

I was going to write a response to you expressing my opinion of the
worthlessness of named activation groups, but I see Scott Klement beat me
to it.

So for my reply, go back and read Scott's message again.

The only thing I would add is that named activation groups leave files
hanging open until the job ends (or the activation group is reclaimed),
which is something that I don't like.  And the use of RCLACTGRP is an
accident looking for a place to happen.

Ken
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