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to: Ruud Senden
from: Francois Thunus
date: 1996-01-05 00:31:00
subject: REXX syntax-checker

Hello Ruud!

02 Jan 96 18:24, Ruud Senden wrote to All:

 RS> I am writing a REXX-program of which some parts are almost never executed
 RS> (for example, some parts are only executed when a certain error occurs,
 RS> but the particular error is difficult to generate). Since REXX only checks
 RS> for (syntax-)errors while executing the program, those parts are not
 RS> tested for syntax-errors.

 RS> Does anybody know whether is is possible to test those parts (or, in
 RS> general, the whole REXX-program) for syntax-errors? Does anybody know
 RS> whether there exists a program which does this, or whether there is a way
 RS> to tell REXX to check the program totally for syntax-errors, before
 RS> executing it.

This is your lucky day, 2 messages from me :-)
More seriously, I was on IBM's gopher server of EWS and I saw something
which looked like a REXX debugger. If you have internet access, go and get
it. If not, now is the time to look for it or try FTP mail.

                             -= Francois =-
                             Thunus{at}innet.lu
                     http://www.innet.net/~pub00071
"Did you think of that, Earthman ?" -- Zaphod

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