> Sometimes, if a subroutine is only called during certain situations (thus, > not often) and the file used by the subroutine is not used by the main > program, opening the file within the subroutine that uses it makes sense to > me.
One problem with that Susan - what happens if the file doesn't exist or can't be opened for some reason? I realise that this isn't exactly common, but it was always the prime reason given to me for opening all files first before any processing takes place. Col. ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
