1. ISPF is not a language.If you are referring to panel definition statements,
ELSE uses indentation to control scope. Python does the same thing. I
don't like it, but it is what it is.
2. SO/END blocks containing only a single statement are useful if you
may be adding code in the future. It's a stylistic issue about which
you will never achieve consensus.
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Subject: Re: COBOL Question
The only language I can think of off-hand that doesn't require some sort of END
to close a DO (I'm sure there are others) is ISPF. But, in REXX at least, I
never use single-statement DOs. I see them all the time, and I don't get it.
Like this:
if x=0 then do
x=x+1
end
Or, more painfully:
select
when idx="T" then
do
countt=countt+1
end
when idx="U" then
do
countu=countu+1
end
when idx="V" then
do
countv=countv+1
end
when idx="W" then
do
countw=countw+1
end
otherwise
do
countx=countx+1
end
end
Why? If it were easier to read, I might sympathize. But it's harder, not
easier.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Paul Gilmartin
Sent: Saturday, June 6, 2020 14:40
But in Rexx similarly, END is required even for a single-statement DO.
Good for Rexx. I like strong closure.
>--- On 6 Jun 2020 10:53:44 -0700, (Bob Bridges) wrote:
>>Oh, you need an END-IF even for a single-statement IF? I forgot; I've been
>>thinking in REXX too long. In that case you're close; I guess I really meant
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