Having a LOG of all SAY's and ASK for's

[ThSITC]

Hello Gentlepeople,

    as you might know from ancient Rexx2Nrx, I did implement an askfor
Function to ask for a value:

name=askfor('Give me your name')
continue=askfor('Would you like to continue','Yes/No')

I do find this more useful and human reading than:

say 'Give me your name'
name=ask

etc.

Also, this function would allow abbreviated input, as Y or N in the
second example.

This functionalitty has been implemented years ago in Rexx2Nrx, class
RexxMsg,
documented at Rexx2Nrx - Run Time docu.

Also, I'm keeping a LOG-file of this concole I/O

Now, my question to all those experts there:

Should we not simply 'maintain' this LOG-File with simple SAY statements
as well.

I, personally, do find the DOS Console Overflow sometimes very annyoing!

What do you think?

PS: Meanwhile, there is an askforInt, askforDate, etc implemented in
ReyMsg and
ReyScreen.... ;-)

--
Thomas Schneider (www.thsitc.com)
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