Re: SQR Debug Software

["Ballesty, Lorraine" <lorraine.ballesty@ROCHESTER.EDU>]

Without going into too many details, we unfortunately had a consulting firm
in that didn't do us any favors.  So, yes - we have some bad programming.
(I think one of them was a contortionist.)

By unused/suspicious, I am referring to 2 specific problems I frequently
encounter in the process of debugging/rewriting.

The first is unused variables:  I end up tracking them down, thereby wasting
my time in an effort to weed them out.

The second category includes the following:
*       variables which look as if they might be unused, but are actually
referenced in an sqc.  (Again, a pain to track down.)
*       variables which are mispelled - for instance, using $Emplid and
$Emplids interchangeably.

If there isn't something 'ready made', then I'll go ahead and code something
to deal with the problem.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: the dragon [SMTP:ceprn@HOTMAIL.COM]
> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 12:17 PM
> To:   SQR-USERS@list.iex.net
> Subject:      Re: SQR Debug Software
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> Lorraine,
>
> What do you mean by unused/suspicious variables?  if you're talking about
> variables which are referenced but don't exist, sqr will identify those at
> compile time and whine about it. if you're referring to variables which
> get
> created and never used - those are a sign of bad programming, but won't
> affect the processing of the sqr.  Now, then, to answer the question you
> asked, I am not aware of anything.  It sould be easy to write a Unix shell
> script using grep, awk and sed to accomplish this, if it really needs to
> be
> done.
>
> clark 'the dragon' willis
> dragon enterprises, consulting services
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> ----Original Message Follows----
>
> Good morning -
>
> Does anyone know of any existing 'add on' SQR debug software?
> Specifically,
> we would like to find something that can search an SQR program for unused
> and/or suspicious variables.
>
> Thanks for any help you can give!
>
> Lorraine Ballesty, Analyst/Programmer Lead
> HRIS, Information Technology Services
> University of Rochester
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