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 < 0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> 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 lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
