There is, of course, the -W compiler switch that does exactly that. Well, warns that there is a dangling ELSE associated with a WRITE.
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian Leach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [U2] [BB] U2 Enhancement Request - WRITE > Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 22:35:03 +0100 > > > The 'best practice' approach would be to use a single write subroutine and > call that everywhere. That gives so many advantages (auditing, logging, > using your own virtual triggers, date/time change stamping etc) - as well as > having a single point to ensure that errors are captured.. > > But I'll agree it is more difficult to retrofit. > > One thing I would like to see is the Else clause on a UniVerse write being > controlled by a $OPTIONS setting. Whilst it is a GOOD THING, it causes real > merriment when migrating code from systems that don't support it .. Consider > > If sometest Then Write blah.. Else dosomething > > On UniVerse the Else binds to the Write, on other platforms to the Then. > > Having a compiler flag would be an easy way to circumvent that. > > Regards > > Brian ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
