On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 15:53:04 -0500, McKown, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>... >// PARM='THIS IS + --COMMENT >// A PARM' > >// PARM='THIS IS A PARM' >... I have a gut feeling that the double dash is going to eventually cause problems unless there is some "escape" technique - some way to say " --" is data this time; use @@, or some such. Also, because I'm a REXX bigot, I have trouble with things that ring my "unballance quotes" bell. Would much rather see some other technique like // PARM="'THIS IS", + --COMMENT // " A PARM'" That way the single quote is just part of the quoted character string, the comma is a REXX-like continuation and not part of the resulting string. Unlike REXX, I would suggest that the string segments are treated as though there were concatenated with no blank insterted. I can also see that the single / double quotes would have the same issue as the double dash I mentioned above. There would need to be the ability to specify some other string delimiter. Or the new scheme could use the NetView technique (inherited from CMS I think) of having the first special character found be the delimiter that will end the string. Pat O'Keefe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
