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    options(*exact) indicator should accept *on and *off

    Declaring an indicator on a procedure parameter using options(*exact) restricts calling processes to passing in '1' and '0' literal strings. I think this should accept the special values *on and *off. This currently does not compile. I believe the...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Is a defect

    6-digit date format for RPG

    Hi IBM, On further checking, there is an IBM doc (date 2024-10-08) https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.5?topic=ios-changes-1940-2039-date-range-date-formats-2-digit-year that explained that new environment variable QIBM_QBASEYEAR apply to CL command, ...
    9 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted

    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...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Future consideration

    Enhance %char %BIF to add %EDITC functionality %CHAR(mynumber:*NOZEROSUPPRES|*ZEROSUPPRESS)

    If we have a numeric field and want to put it in a CHAR field it will show the leading zeros: Assuming myNumber is 7,0 numeric and myAlpha is 7 alpha >> myAlpha = %char(myNumber); myAlpha = '123____' to keep the leading zeros we have to use ...
    almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 4 Not under 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

    Provide namespace for exports

    As IBM increasingly embraces open source, and third party libraries, it is important to be able to distinguish between like named procedures from different libraries. Please provide a way to namespace service program imports and exports to improve...
    almost 9 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 8 Not under consideration

    RPG manual - %subst() start position and length in double bytes for graphic or UCS-2

    The RPG manual needs a clarification for the %subst() build-in-function. For graphic or UCS-2 data the start position and length should be specified in double bytes. This is not documented.For the old SUBST operation it is only noted that the star...
    8 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 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 ...
    about 5 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 4 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...
    almost 2 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

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