Ed might have prioritized brevity because he's not paid to do your coding for you. His example is idiomatic for an experienced developer, and if you're not experienced, then you have a learning opportunity.
I have no patience with the fear that a "maintenance newbie" can't be expected to learn anything. If they can't, I suggest you'd be better off with not doing maintenance until you find someone who can. sas On Fri, May 27, 2022 at 11:32 AM Paul Gilmartin < 00000014e0e4a59b-dmarc-requ...@listserv.uga.edu> wrote: > On May 26, 2022, at 16:26:38, Charles Mills wrote: > > > > And what is that? Some comments? > > > My thought, but what?: > A paraphrase of the OP's requirement? > And/or explanation of the unintuitive semantics of: > o "*" within a repetitive constant definition? > o A character self-defining term used as a numeric value? > o "ORG" with *two* empty arguments? > > But no fault to Ed. His target was a level above your > putative "maintenance newbie" and valued brevity. > >
