Mixing numbered and unnumbered lines in VB6?

Question

I remember being a kid in the 1980s and numbering lines in BASIC because you had to. Nowadays, as far as I knew, numbered lines were 100% out; no one wants or needs to use them. That's until I discovered some legacy code I needed to work on. Every function has its lines numbered in increments of 10. My question is, are there any negative ramifications to using a mix of numbered and unnumbered lines? For example, if I'm modifying a function, can I just remove all the numbering from that function only without having any problems? I really don't feel like trying to maintain such an arcane system if I don't need to, but I also don't think there's any major benefit to clearing out all the numbering for the entire project.

Answer 1

No, there is high probability you will have to rewrite the entire source code...

There are probably gosub calls in the legacy code, which means you will have to

explicitly call the function or subroutine in VB.

I know VB supports the legacy line numbering, but for readability and sanity, the rewrite is

well worth it..

to make matters worse, there is event handling. The legacy code, you had to

write ON INTERRUPT calls to trap the event, call the handler (via another gosub)

and then reset the trap.

This is going to make life VERY messy in VB, and it will NOT be easy.

You are going to insane trying to do it and it will take you about as long as rewriting it