Re: Postfixed characters ( was RPG, open source, and the web)

[Henrik Rützou <hr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rory,

you do what most do, but it is still the slowest way for your brain to
"minddebugging" the basic code because your
mind has to do a horisontal/vertical scan instead of just at vertical scan -
try this:

promptPrintForms(
    rbcnppfUSER   :
    rbcnppfSSN   :
    rbcnppfSTDCD   :
    rbcnppfPKG
    rbcnppfID   :
    rbcnppfTXNO   :
    rbcnppfHCOR  :
    rbcnppfRESULT   :
    rbcnppfDO_ALL   )
    -or-
 promptPrintForms
   ( rbcnppfUSER
   : rbcnppfSSN
   : rbcnppfSTDCD
   rbcnppfPKG
   : rbcnppfID
   : rbcnppfTXNO
   : rbcnppfHCOR
   : rbcnppfRESULT
   : rbcnppfDO_ALL
   )


On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 12:29 AM, Rory Hewitt <rory.hewitt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I do this:
>
>  promptPrintForms( rbcnppfUSER :
>                   rbcnppfSSN :
>                   rbcnppfSTDCD :
>                   rbcnppfPKG :
>                   rbcnppfID :
>                   rbcnppfTXNO :
>                   rbcnppfHCOR :
>                   rbcnppfRESULT :
>                   rbcnppfDO_ALL );
>
> but I recognize I might be amongst a minority...
>
> Rory
>
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Voris, John <john.voris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > wrote:
>
> > RE: prefixed commas . . are more readable , more understandable.
> >
> > So in RPG, which do people think is more readable:
> >
> >  promptPrintForms(
> >     rbcnppfUSER   :
> >     rbcnppfSSN   :
> >     rbcnppfSTDCD   :
> >     rbcnppfPKG   :
> >     rbcnppfID   :
> >     rbcnppfTXNO   :
> >     rbcnppfHCOR  :
> >     rbcnppfRESULT   :
> >     rbcnppfDO_ALL   )
> >
> >     -or-
> >
> >  promptPrintForms
> >    ( rbcnppfUSER
> >    : rbcnppfSSN
> >    : rbcnppfSTDCD
> >    : rbcnppfPKG
> >    : rbcnppfID
> >    : rbcnppfTXNO
> >    : rbcnppfHCOR
> >    : rbcnppfRESULT
> >    : rbcnppfDO_ALL
> >    )
> >
> > This different format is not something that can be easily customized
> > inside your RDp editor,
> > but code-generators /and/ snippets might work well with this format.
> >
> > The main thing is not to mix the two different styles within the same
> > section of code.
> > Make a logical break in the code if you are going to change the style.
> >
> > - John Voris
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