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My ideas: Languages - RPG

In the most recent TR LIKE(*EXT): Define a variable like one field in an external file was announced. Would it be possible to allow an initialization like the column/field in base file?

In physical files and SQL tables a default value can be set, when writing a new row. This default value sometimes does not match the data type default value. When defining a field like the column the database table, it would be great if it could b...
1 day ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Functionality already exists

Allow EVAL-CORR to accept a procedure return value of a data structure type (likeds)

Today, EVAL-CORR only accepts data structure operands on both sides of the assignment. When a procedure returns a data structure defined with likeds, the return value cannot be used directly as the right-hand operand of EVAL-CORR. Developers are f...
9 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Submitted

Inmutable global variable for imports

Provide a way to declare an exported global variable that is writable by the module that owns it (the one with EXPORT ) but read-only for all modules that consume it via IMPORT . This is stronger than C's extern const (where the owner is also cons...
9 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Submitted

Extend prototyped procedure calls with "keyword parameters"

SQL has the nice feature, to use optionally use keyword parameters instead of positioned parameters. My idea is, also extend RPG prototyped procedure calls with the option to use keyword parameters. Imagine the following procedure prototype: dcl-p...
8 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Future consideration

Allow else blocks for monitor groups

In some situations it'd be useful to be able to have an else block in a monitor group to perform some handling that shouldn't be monitored itself and should only run when the monitored statements executed without exception. monitor: dosomething();...
7 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Submitted

Typed pointers in RPG: Stronger type safety for pointers

Currently, RPG has exactly two types of pointers: Basing pointers Procedure pointers These pointer types hold no type information about the pointer's target. Currently, when defining a BASED variable, the compiler cannot verify that the variable's...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Future consideration

Create %PROGNAME built in function

We have the RPG built in function %PROC to return the name of the current procedure, I think it is time that we have the same for the name of the current program. By all means we can get this from the program status data structure, it would just b...
7 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Future consideration

Define a field in a copy source using a field reference file.

I'm missing a way to define a field in a copy source using a field reference file.It could either be an extended version of LIKE() or a new LIKEFLD() For example:dcl-s myField1 LIKEFLD(fldref.format2 : myField : +5)dcl-s myField2 LIKE(fldref.forma...
8 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Future consideration

Allow access to return value in ON-EXIT section

The ON-EXIT section (sub-procedure) is great, and it's even possivle to "override" the return value from inside the ON-EXIT section: //.. inside procedure return 123; on-exit; return 456;end-proc; But we have no solution so far to retrieve/see the...
22 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Submitted

%like() function in RPG

In the recent years a lot of string functions have been added to RPG.But I'm missing a %like() function like we know from QUERY and SQL. it could be something like:%like('%day%' : 'Today is Monday and the sun is shining')and it should return true....
3 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Submitted

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