yep - can't say i've ever found a reason to use GOTO other than spagheittification & obfuscation ;-)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Allen E. Elwood (CA)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2004 05:39 pm Subject: RE: [U2] major (?) @var security hole > Actually CONTINUE and EXIT solve all the uber-nesting problems. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Adrian Matthews > Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2004 13:11 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [U2] major (?) @var security hole > > > Lol, nothing wrong with Goto, in a language that can't raise events it's one > of the ways of handling errors neatly without excessive nesting or flag > setting. > > IAM is very useful in an environment when you have multiple development > streams running on the same server. I've used it extensively in the past. > Now > we have the luxury of several development and test servers. > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of gerry > Sent: Sun 12/09/2004 18:32 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [U2] major (?) @var security hole > > > > imo, IAM ranks right up there with GOTO > > just for my info ( sorry for my ignorance on this one ) , > - what is the point in this type of cataloging ? > - how would such a subroutine ever be called other than from within a an > account named 'vendor' ? > - does the calling code also EXECUTE "IAM vendor" before CALLing the > catalogued routine ? > - if this is simply a namespace issue, why not call the routine > vendorSUBR42 ? > > as for not a bug ... > - why document these as read-only variables ? > - why generate a compiler error ? > > gerry > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ray Wurlod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 06:08 pm > Subject: Re: [U2] major (?) @var security hole > > > > It's not really a bug - they even supply a command (IAM) for changing the > logical account name. This is used by some software vendors who use the > (Prime-style) CATALOG verb and get their routines prefixed with the vendor > name. For example: > > IAM vendor > > CATALOG BP SUBR42 > > *vendor*SUBR42 cataloged. > > ------- > > u2-users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > > > > > The information contained in this email is strictly confidential and for the > use of the addressee only, unless otherwise indicated. If you are not the > intended recipient, please do not read, copy, use or disclose to others this > message or any attachment. Please also notify the sender by replying to > this > email or by telephone +44 (0)20 7896 0011 and then delete the email and any > copies of it. Opinions, conclusions (etc.) that do not relate to the > official > business of this company shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed > by > it. IG Markets Limited and IG Index Plc are authorised and regulated by the > Financial Services Authority and, in Australia, by the Australian Securities > and Investments Commission. > > [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/ms-tnef which had a > name of winmail.dat] > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
