I'm not a PL/I novice, if not an expert. Whatever you read, it does not mean what you think it means.
A constant (or variable) named TWO is an abomination in any language. sas On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 10:44 AM Paul Gilmartin < [email protected]> wrote: > I'm a PL/I novice, or less. A recent thread here moved me > to browse the Ref., where I read that any constant used more > than once must be declared and the identifier used instead. > Sorta tyrannical enforcement of coding conventions. OK. > I agree that 6.62607015e−34 shouldn't be hard-coded more > than once. But SQRT( X**TWO + Y**TWO )? Ugh! > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
