This is exactly the reason we created a outline in our Eclipse editor. When you click on the variable like "A" you would see: A -- Line 33 -- Line 34 -- Line 53 -- Line 571 -- Line 820
Regards, Doug www.u2logic.com Then you can click on each line to see what those lines are doing with that variable. So when we are looking at a program written by a long since gone company, we can see if the variable is just referenced or updated. On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Wjhonson <wjhon...@aol.com> wrote: > > Mecki you're not paying attention. > You have an 8000 line program that uses a variable "A" > You didn't write it. You need to find where that variable is assigned. > You search for A ? > > That's not going to work. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mecki Foerthmann <mec...@gmx.net> > To: u2-users <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> > Sent: Thu, Jan 26, 2012 12:55 pm > Subject: Re: [U2] Passing by Value > > > No, you are completely wrong if you think that is only your world. > ho in our game has the luxury working only with their own code? > have been doing what you describe for over 25 years now and probably > ost of the contributors here do the same thing for a living too and not > ust since yesterday. > nd I may have made that silly mistake once or twice as a junior but > ince then it has become second nature. > nd in those days we didn't have the luxury of 8000 line programs > ecause the limit for any item was 32K and you were forced to use very > hort variable names and couldn't even indent your code because spaces > re characters too. > n one shop I worked we used X, Y, Z etc. in 'primary' code and in > nternal subroutines XX, YY, ZZ and so on for loop counters. > personally prefer more meaningful names but can't do that always > ecause I try to follow the naming conventions of the code I'm working on. > Even the editor you use is irrelevant since I haven't seen one yet that > oesn't have a search function. > ust go to the top of the program and search for the variable name you > ntend to use. > f your search comes up negative you're safe to use it. > imple! > And OTOH how can you make 'rapid changes' to code if you don't > nderstand what it is supposed to do and where the varibles come from? > On 26/01/2012 20:16, Wjhonson wrote: > Completely wrong :) > You apparently have the luxury of only working on programs written by > ourself. > > In my world, we are called upon to make rapid changes in programs written > by > wenty programmers over twenty years. > You haven't specified *how* you ensure that your counters are unique, and > by > he way, the issue is not just counters, but any variable. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mecki Foerthmann<mec...@gmx.net> > To: u2-users<u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> > Sent: Thu, Jan 26, 2012 12:13 pm > Subject: Re: [U2] Passing by Value > > > What has the length of the program to do with it? > always abide to the rule that a for next counter in any internal > ubroutine has to be unique. > hat way even if the sub is called from within a for next loop the > ounters never conflict. > o it doesn't make any difference whatsoever if a program is 80 or 8000 > ines long. > BTW a program with 8000 lines is usually a sign of poor design. > On 26/01/2012 19:02, Wjhonson wrote: > You've never worked on programs that are 8000 lines long I take it :) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Hester<jhes...@momtex.com> > To: U2 Users List<u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> > Sent: Thu, Jan 26, 2012 10:49 am > Subject: Re: [U2] Passing by Value > > > I like to use increasing roman numerals: > FOR I = 1 TO COUNTER > GOSUB PROCESS > EXT I > PROCESS: > OR II = 1 TO COUNTER2 > FOR III = 1 TO COUNTER3 > FOR IV = 1 TO COUNTER4 > > NEXT IV > NEXT III > EXT II > ETURN > -----Original Message----- > rom: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org > mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Wjhonson > ent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 10:09 AM > o: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > ubject: Re: [U2] Passing by Value > > n a related note, any clever ideas to localize a variable to a local > ubroutine? > For I = 1 to 10 > GOSUB PROCESS > ext I > top > 3000 Lines of code later.... > PROCESS: > OR I = 1 TO 20 > RINT I > EXT I > ETURN > ______________________________________________ > 2-Users mailing list > 2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org > ttp://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > ______________________________________________ > 2-Users mailing list > 2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org > ttp://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > ______________________________________________ > 2-Users mailing list > 2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org > ttp://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > ______________________________________________ > 2-Users mailing list > 2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org > ttp://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
