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My votes: Languages - RPG

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    Allow SQL name when declaring a data structure

    Allow a data structure declaration to use a SQL name Use Case: dcl-ds thirdPT extName('THIRDPARTYTABLESQLNAME') alias qualified;end-Ds;
    almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 4 Future consideration

    Defaults for Dcl-pi;

    Parameters for programs and procedures are declared with Dcl-pi. Today it requires to to give the name or *N. But for programs and procedures that does not return a value - it would be appreciated if that was not required and could default to *N a...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Future consideration

    Provide a CTL-OPT keyword to prohibit or issue a compiler warning when $ or @ are used in Variable or Procedure names

    The use of $ and @ in variable names and procedure names in RPG IV hasn't been recommend in nearly 30 years. Yet we still see some legacy developers using those symbols for some reason. I'd like to see a compiler option or CTL-OPT keyword and eith...
    about 2 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Future consideration

    Support value parameters for programs

    Sometimes it'd be useful to be able to change a parameter in the main procedure of a program. This feature could internally be implemented by transparently copying a const parameter into a local variable. For example this dcl-pr myprog extpgm('*LI...
    8 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Future consideration

    Add OpCode for continuing to process "when" statements within Select group

    sometimes it is necessary to need to process the remaining WHEN operands within a SELECT group. if the "CONTSL" 'Continue Select' were used then the OTHERWISE should not be true. (this up for discussion) Currently we need to do if-then-else group....
    almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 7 Future consideration

    Don't incl Hidden fields on DS defined based on external name

    When a data structure is defined based on a table with hidden fields the compiler shouldn't include hidden fields in the structure. Now option available to exclude these on the definition Use Case: When defining a data structure based on an table ...
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 4 Future consideration

    RPG - New BIF for comparing data structures

    Based on this discussion: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/forums/html/topic?id=81260576-dab9-4955-b19b-a2c4b4130cd3&ps=25 Would like a BIF to compare corresponding fields in data structures. This would be a field-by-field comparis...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 6 Future consideration

    Provide support for null indicators in DATA-GEN in RPG

    When generating JSON documents, it is a common requirement to be able to generate data like "field": null. Unfortunately, there's no easy way to do that in DATA-GEN (same problem applies to DATA-INTO in the other direction, but I see there's alrea...
    about 2 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 4 Future consideration

    Consistent use for null values

    Currently there are 3 distinct ways to check if a field is or is not null:1 - RPG uses %nullind()2 - SQLRPGLE use a positional numeric array (-1 or <> -1)3 - RPG triggers use a positional indicator (like) array ('0' - '1') Having a common ac...
    about 9 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 4 Future consideration

    Create a varying length field with the length from a fixed length field

    It often happens that I have a field from a database og a screen that is fixed length and have to create a field that is varying length but having the same size as the fixed length. unfortunately it is not possible to do this:dcl-s fixedField char...
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 7 Future consideration

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