[Info-vax] Logical names, was: Re: Command Procedure Pipe output to a variable

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 10/9/2021 4:31 AM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
> Den 2021-10-09 kl. 01:06, skrev Lawrence D’Oliveiro:
>> On Saturday, October 9, 2021 at 7:07:17 AM UTC+13, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>> On a more serious note, does anyone else wish you could attach a comment
>>> to a logical name definition so that you could see in SHOW LOGICAL
>>> what the purpose of a logical is ?
> 
> No, better to keep the comments/documentation for each logical name
> in the command file where the logical is created.

If one knows what COM file defined the logical.

But that is not always obvious.

>> What do you know, Unix-style text configuration files usually allow 
>> for ample comments.
> 
> A "configuration file" is just a file where you setup your configuration.
> 
> Doesn't matter if that file is read directly by the application or if the
> file is run at application startup and defining a bunch of logical names
> that are then used by the application.
> 
> It is still just a "configuration file". And it can have as many
> comments/documentation as you like.

If the logical strictly relates to a specific application, then
locating the startup file is not a problem.

It is the other ones that can be tricky.

Arne