On 2015-07-03, at 09:55, Robin Vowels wrote:
> From: "Gary Weinhold"
> Sent: Friday, July 03, 2015 10:46 PM
>
>
>> We have ended up with many of these in our code because a senior developer
>> felt that too many single-usage labels cluttered the code and made it less
>> readable. (He also required that a blank line follow every branch statement
>> and precede the target of every branch, whether labeled or not). ...
>
> Simply awful.
>
Senior? Senile?
It sounds as if he coded:
FOOBAR
BC CC,*+8
WOMBAT
*+8 DS 0H
XYZZY
I'd choose to do nothing of the sort, but if compelled, I'd do quite
the opposite and treat the implied "if" as a basic block:
FOOBAR
BC CC,*+8
WOMBAT
*+8 DS 0H
XYZZY
(Grrr... HLASM allows me to use blank lines for legibility, then
omits them from the SYSPRINT for illegibility| Or is there an
option controlling this? But it's better than FAP, which treated
a blank line as "DC F'0'".)
-- gil
