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Languages - RPG

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    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

    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

    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

    Coding free format line should be possible from column 8 to end of line

    If you can use fully free format (**free) then the free-form statements can appear between column 1 and the end of the line. Otherwise, the source is column-limited, and a free-form statement is coded in columns 8-80. I would like this limitation ...
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 6 Not under consideration

    Assign a timestamp to a date/time field without %date() / %time()

    When assigning a timestamp to a date field or a time field it shouldn't be necessary to use %DATE() or %TIME() to do this. Use Case: D dateIso1 s D D dateIso2 s D D timeStamp s Z inz(*SYS) C eval dateIso1 = %date( timeStamp ) C eval dateIso2 = tim...
    almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Not under consideration

    Allow array index to start from zero instead of 1

    I would like to have the possibility to specify that the index of an array starts from zero instead of 1. Many times I have to code something like thiseval myArray(x+1) = 1234where x can have the value zero. If it was possible to specify that the ...
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 5 Not under consideration

    Create shortcut for eval(h) so user doesn't need to type in eval(h)

    When performing calculations where we want to round-up, instead of typing Result = (Factor1 - Factor2) * Factor3; we need to type eval(h) Result = (Factor1 - Factor2) * Factor3; It would be nice if that could be simplified to Result(h) = (Factor1 ...
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 4 Not under consideration

    Add template for function prototypes/Procedure Interfaces

    Currently when defining a procedure prototype that references a procedure pointer, the prototype must be defined in scope with the pointer which causes issues for me in a highly modularized environment with service programs and sub-procedures. I f...
    about 9 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 4 Future 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...
    3 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Future consideration

    provide QSYSINC RPG includes in full free format

    Today, we have QSYSINC RPG includes members in fixed format. More and more applications are nowadays written using full free format. Even IBM has a strong focus on using this format. Therefore, it would be consistent to have QSYSINC RPG includes m...
    9 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Not under consideration

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