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    Allow checking multiple defined conditions with one /IF compiler directive

    Checking multiple defined conditions is cumbersome - if a part of code should only be combined when two conditions are defined, one has to use nested /IF directives: /IF DEFINED(condition1) /IF DEFINED(condition2) // code only compiled when condit...
    4 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted

    Add a compiler directive to emit a message to the compiler listing

    Under special circumstances it can be useful to add a user defined warning or error to the compiler listing - even to the extend, that a module should not compile. A new compiler directive "/MESSAGE" should be introduced like this: /IF NOT DEFINED...
    4 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Future consideration

    %SCANRPL to replace only *FIRST (or *LAST) occurence

    %SCANRPL is a nice and usefull function but sometimes we need to limit the replacement to the first or the last occurence. Of course we can code around it using %scan but nowadays UTF strings are more complicated so the code itself can became frag...
    6 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Submitted

    RPG Source compare for *functional* differences

    As many of us are doing these days, we are converting our old RPG 3, RPG ILE, etc. to 100% free RPGLE (**free) and making changes in VSCode. This is good. However, When you have to Peer Code Review your co-workers changes, it is extremely difficul...
    about 2 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Submitted

    Allow to initialize arrays using %list

    Allow for arrays to be initialized using %list command, for example: dcl-s allowedValues int(10) dim(4) inz(%list(1:2:3:4)); Plus error checking when initial value exceeds array size etc.
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Future consideration

    Possibility to use generic message ID's on ON-EXCP section in MONITOR group

    It would be very useful to have ability to use generic message ID's e.g CPF0000, CPF9800 in ON-EXCP op-code within MONITOR group. This should be similar to CL's MONMSG functionality in terms of generic message ID's monitoring.
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Future consideration

    Enhance Dcl-Enum to be multilevel as Dlc-Ds

    Dcl-Enum is very usefull but could be even better if provides multi-level definition as Dcl-Ds: Dcl-Enum Errors qualified; Dcl-Enum Severity; Info 'I'; Halt 'H'; End-Enum; Dcl-Enum Actions; Abort 'A'; Exit 'E'; End-Enum; End-Enum; Select RetCode; ...
    5 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted

    Enable options(*exact) for indicators.

    I am the developer of RPGUNIT and recently I added procedure assertEqual() to it. This procedure handles all data types, because it uses the OVERLOAD keyword for delegating the call to the procedure that is in charge for the data type. dcl-pr asse...
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Not under consideration

    %repeat as a BIF in RPGLE

    Now we have the nice string function like %upper,() %lef(), %right() .. etc. and this is just great !! let's continue this toolbox for string functions: Just like the SQL scalar function REPEAT it would be appreciated to have the equivalent functi...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Future consideration

    Add WHEN-IS-NOT clause to the new SELECT statement

    The traditional SELECT/ENDSL allows when a=b and also allows when a <> b. However, the new SELECT/WHEN-IS/ENDSL does not allow a negative comparison, and forces me to go back to the older style. In this shop [and others I have worked in], th...
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Future consideration

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