On Thu, 10 Mar 2022 10:09:49 -0600, Wendell Lovewell wrote: >>>Except for instream data sets. Are you actually commenting >>>your instream data in that fashion‽ > >I'm keeping source code on the PC, so the compiles and other types of jobs >often include the source code itself in the jobstream. I do have comments >past 80 in the program source. > Most languages have syntactic constructs for that: o In POSIX shell, introduce the comment with "#" o In Assembler or JCL, separate the comment from the variable field with a blank (or just code it in column 72 and beyond.) o In C or Rexx, surround it with "/* ... */".
A few extra keystrokes which: o Make it easier for a reviewer to understand o Make it possible to compile directly from the member without stripping when desired o Avoid the pitfall of inadvertently crossing column 72 or 80 when inserting or deleting text o allow coding statements longer than 80 characters when that's the logical or intuitive format. ISPF Edit SUBmit truncates beyond column 80 with no warning. I've lost data to that. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
