Post by George on Feb 11, 2021 15:18:28 GMT -5
There's a real problem in all these 'column restricted' change commands. I wish IBM had never introduced BOUNDS, or it's concept. For all commands that support it, it becomes
IF No-Column-Restrictions THEN
Do 'whatever is needed'
ELSE
Do a similar, but not the same 'whatever is needed'
END IF
Which basically means duplicate and revise every single function that PT supports to accommodate this.
And don't forget that PT (like all other KB functions) already has a similar IF / ELSE / END IF structure to cope with the 'Are we in INSERT or OVERTYPE mode' split. So that can double again the work needed.
And you sometimes wonder why I'm reluctant to tackle this kind of request.
George
IF No-Column-Restrictions THEN
Do 'whatever is needed'
ELSE
Do a similar, but not the same 'whatever is needed'
END IF
Which basically means duplicate and revise every single function that PT supports to accommodate this.
And don't forget that PT (like all other KB functions) already has a similar IF / ELSE / END IF structure to cope with the 'Are we in INSERT or OVERTYPE mode' split. So that can double again the work needed.
And you sometimes wonder why I'm reluctant to tackle this kind of request.
George