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On 09/11/2014 02:53 AM, Stephen Leake wrote:
> 
> What would you propose as an alternative to the above?

In this case, and for this kind of structure, I would put the variables in the
main procedure. Putting them in a separate package when they are only accessed
by the main procedure serves no purpose except to unnecessarily complicate the code.

-- 
Jeff Carter
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report. Run out and find me a 4-yr-old child. I can't
make head or tail out of it."
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