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Languages - RPG

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    Allow %RANGE & %LIST with ON-EXCPT

    In a MONITOR group with the ON-EXCPT operation code allow it to use the %LIST & %RANGE built in functions that can be used with the IF operation code. For example: monitor ; read TESTFILE ; on-excpt in %list('CPF1234' : 'CPF1235': 'CPF1236') ;...
    13 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 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...
    13 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 5 Submitted

    Add TRUNCNBR(*EXPR) to the RPG IV CTL-OPT keyword to trunction results in assignments

    When using legacy MOVE opcodes to copy one numeric variable to another, if Factor 2 contains a longer variable than the result and Factor 2's value actual fits into the Result field's variable, it does the assignment as expected. If Factor 2 conta...
    17 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted

    Add configurable continuation start column (left margin) for fully free-form RPG (**FREE)

    RPG IV currently supports two “free format” models: Hybrid free format (traditional RPG IV), where a statement is considered free format when it begins in column 8 or later. Fully free format using **FREE in column 1, where all source lines are fr...
    18 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Not under consideration

    Provide *true & *false figurative constants for indicators

    To align with modern languages, please consider adding new figurative constants *true & *false for indicators.
    about 1 month ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted

    Allow overloaded procedures to return different data types

    Allow overloaded procedure prototypes to return different data type Example: dcl-pr proc_char varchar(100); parm1 varchar(100) const;end-pr; dcl-pr proc_int int(10); parm1 int(10) const;end-pr; dcl-pr proc like(*prototype) overload(proc_int:proc_c...
    about 1 month ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Not under consideration

    Extend Eval-Corr to ignore empty or null subfields in source Ds

    The eval-corr opcode is extremely convenient for all functions that require sharing a template type definition and ensures that adding new fields to the base template is easily extended to the eval-corr target DSs by simply recompiling the affecte...
    about 1 month ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 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...
    about 2 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted

    Allow generic member/file name for /COPY and /INCLUDE compiler directive

    Today if we have to include several copy member, we have use one /COPY or /INCLUDE directive per member: /include qcopysrc,copy01/include qcopysrc,copy02/include qcopysrc,copy03 My proposal is, to extend the /COPY and /INCLUDE directive to support...
    about 2 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 8 Not under consideration

    VARDIM for RPGLE

    Quick explanation. VARDIM is to DIM what VARCHAR is to CHAR. Background Interfacing with RPG complex structures can be done, however the implementations are not homogeneous. Examples. In IWS you need a pseudo variable suffixed by the array name ...
    2 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted

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