I am liking Chuckie more and more! (I also declared I, J, K, ..., X, Y, Z as appropriate types in FORTRAN.)
-----Original Message----- From: VM/ESA and z/VM Discussions [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 12:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: REXX Syntax On Tuesday, 11/22/2005 at 12:04 PST, "Schuh, Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess I should remove the "signal on novalue" that is at the beginning of the > macro, except that I would consider it to be bad programming technique if I did > so. Chuckie may like having self-initializing symbols, but I would rather let > the interpreter tell me about my mistakes. In this case, the test macro that I > used to try the various versions did not have a routine labeled "novalue:", so > the "signal on novalue" caused the syntax error. In any event, having gotten > correct results from the EXTRACT command was a happenstance caused by a > fortunate selection of errors to have in the code. LOL. Sometimes being lucky is more important than being right! :-) And for the record, the Ol' Chuckster does not like using unassigned symbols and considers SIGNAL ON NOVALUE to be the signature of a Professional Programmer. (He always declared I, J, and K as INTEGER in his Fortran programs, too, FWIW.) Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
