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Languages - RPG

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    Compiler directive /SET should temporarily set a new default value for DECEDIT

    Recently the compiler directives /SET and /RESTORE were introduced. It can be used to temporarily set a new default values for CCSID, DATFMT and TIMFMT.I would like that this also was possible for DECEDIT ( and perhaps DATEDIT ). Use Case: In XML ...
    about 4 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 4 Future consideration

    Allow concatenation in named constants

    If I'm working with XML-files I define the structure I like to investigate with constants. If you have a XML-file with this structure: <header> <address> <name> </name> </address></header> Then I would like to d...
    almost 3 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 7 Future consideration

    DATA-GEN multi types (polymorphic) during serialization possibility

    Handle cleanly new modern APIs that allows for multiple "types" (say mainstream Microsoft Graph API ) usually inside an array (i.e. array of different things to attach to a chat message etc.). JSON doesn't restrict particulars types in - say - arr...
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 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

    New RPG figurative constant *CLEAR.

    The new figurative constant *CLEAR assumes his value by the field type. For example, with a character field the value is *BLANK, with a numeric field the value is *ZERO, with an indicator the value is *OFF and so on. In other words, *CLEAR has the...
    almost 9 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 10 Not under consideration

    Allow 3rd parameter of %subst() to exceed length of string

    Currently, if I use something like this: DNKYWD = %subst(NARR: 1: 10); when NARR is defined in the procedure interface like this: NARR Varchar(32740) const options(*varsize); I don't know how long NARR really is unless I check it. This causes an i...
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Not under consideration

    Count recursive calls (all/direct)

    Requesting a built in function to recognize if a proc was called recursively with a parameter to recognize if it was called by itself. Ex: dcl-proc chkRecursion;dcl-pi chkRecursion end-pi;count = %recursion();countDirect = %recursion( *on );if cou...
    almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Not under consideration

    New RPG assignment operators ++ and --

    It would be nice to have the C/Java like assignment operators ++ and -- too. Use Case: var++; instead of var +=1;var--; instead of var -=1;
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Not under consideration

    ENUM construct an function

    ENUM Similarly to java and other languages an enum construct may be useful to rpg programmer. It involves declaring key-value pairs and an instruction to find the value corresponding to the key provided e.g.: declare the enumeration name (enumerat...
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Not under consideration

    Allow reserved words as qualified DS subfield names

    Allow reserved words to be specified as data structure subfield names. Use Case: The following DS is not allowed because of subfields Read, Update, and Delete, requiring non-standard names for those authorities: DCL-DS ObjectAuthority QUALIFIED; O...
    almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 5 Not under consideration

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