Re: Service Programs & Copy Source

Charles Wilt <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lang.as400.rpg
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On Thu, Oct 16, 2025 at 11:07 AM Daniel Gross <[email protected]> wrote:

> 2. Selective prototypes
>
> If you don't want every program to include all prototypes, you can
> surround them with
>
>         /if defined(AMAZON_INCLUDE_XYZ_APIs)
>         ...
>         /endif
>
> And then use this in your programs:
>
>         /define AMAZON_INCLUDE_XYZ_APIs
>         /include AMAZON_H
>

Personally, I'm not a fan of this.

Breaks auto-complete and/or the outline view when trying to add the first
call to a procedure.

You're effectively hiding the existence of a procedure, discovery is harder
and I've found it can lead to duplication of functionality unless you're a
1 man shop.

Charles
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