PHD

[Mike Chalenburg]

I have used PDL before and it is as Allison says.  It is convenient to move
between dictionaries and has its good points but PHD is certainly convenient
for the ad hoc changes that constitute most of our dictionary maintenance.

I'm curious as to what the scenario will be in version 8.  We have one
production dictionary and make a changes to it regularly.  If I understand
it correctly, when you edit the PDL source, there is a compilation process.
Then it gets fuzzy in my mind.  Does the binding to this dictionary occur
when a Q%S is compiled or at execution time?  My main question has to do
with a situation like adding a new field to an existing data file.  Will all
of the Q%S's have to be recompiled, just the ones that use that particular
file or just the ones that would use that new field?  Currently you can make
changes like this and the things that don't actually use the field will be
ok except for cases where the record is used in PASSING and RECEIVING
clauses.

I know this is still a beta version, but does anyone know?

Thanks.

Mike

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