Named common can be a very powerful tool and where needed is often the best, if not only, way to create a solution that works for the user. Like any other tool it has its good and bad points.
First and foremost is selecting a name that is as unique to the process (not filename) as possible. Then DOCUMENT YOUR SYSTEM!! Finally, manage your common. At least in UV we had a problem because named common persisted between accounts when a LOGTO was done. Yes there are ways around that problem, but it was a subtle problem to debug, when global settings were carried over from the other account. Any tool can be misused. Rich Taylor | Senior Programmer/Analyst| VERTIS 250 W. Pratt Street | Baltimore, MD 21201 P 410.361.8688 | F 410.528.0319 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.vertisinc.com Vertis is the premier provider of targeted advertising, media, and marketing services that drive consumers to marketers more effectively. "The more they complicate the plumbing the easier it is to stop up the drain" - Montgomery Scott NCC-1701 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-u2- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mats Carlid > Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 9:57 AM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: Re: [U2] RE: Named Common > > Yes it's a possible way of 'remembering' some values but we > ruled it out for the same reason as unnamed common - sooner > or later you'll interact with a subroutine or function that also > uses them and then ... > > btw named common isn't quite safe either - > it's possible that another routine uses the same name > for it's common ... > > What's really needed is a 'local static' modifier. > > -- mats > > > David A Barrett wrote: > > >>How on earth do You implement a persistent local variable without > >>using named common ?? > >> > >>- -- mats > >> > >> > > > >@USER0 > >@USER1 > >@USER2 > >@USER3 > >@USER4 > > > >This is also in the manual. :) > > > >Dave Barrett, > >Lawyers' Professional Indemnity Company > >------- > >u2-users mailing list > >u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > >To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
