Re: Pseudo Code or Compiled

Jonathan Leffler wrote: > > It isn't as simple as that... It never is! > > Although the p-code interpreter does check that there is a definition for > every function which might be called, it does not fix up the p-code > references to any function until the code is executed. Before it starts > executing, FGLGO (or FGLDB) should definitely check that all the functions > it might need are available to it. People get angry if they've been > entering data for half-an-hour and the program suddenly stops and says "Hi, > I can't go on -- you've called a non-existent function!". A number of things can go wrong in a I4gl program that will cause it to crash, like, for example, a form might not exist. Yet RDS doesn't check at load time for the existence of all forms. Why then is it so necessary to check for the existence of all functions at load time (every time). I agree it would be nice to be able to turn off the check to speed things up. That way you could check a program before putting it into production at which time all checks would be turned off. Checking at every load time is a bit redundant. Could this not be checked at program compile time, like the compiler version? > > You can decide to make it a feature request. I don't think anything > will happen, though. It would also be nice to turn on a forms check... :) ----------------------------------------------------------- John H. Frantz Power-4gl: Extending the Informix-4gl user interface http://www.strengur.is/~frantz/pow4gl.html