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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

    Extend PCML to optionally include private (ie not exported) procedures

    Breaking this part out from https://ibm-power-systems.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/IBMI-I-3437 Please add an option to include private functions/procedures in generated PCML with a tag indicating this. This part would primarily be used to generate document...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Future consideration

    Update RPG compiler to optionally include PCML comments in the module based PCML

    Breaking out this part from https://ibm-power-systems.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/IBMI-I-3437 Please update the RPG compiler to have the ability to include any comments or other information included in the IFS PCML into the module based PCML. This would w...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Future consideration

    Improve PCML to allow non-integer return variables and SQL service to retrieve PCML

    Please update PCML to allow any return variable or parameter that RPG natively supports and add a SQL service to pull PCML from the object. This was mentioned in a comment for IBMI-I-2812 but I thought it warranted it's own request. The PGMINFO co...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Future consideration

    DATA-INTO support of NULL values

    The API's used to implement DATA-INTO are great. However missing the possibility to provide NULL values. RPG supports that a variable can have the special value of NULL but the the API does not allow to transfer this special case. Especially while...
    almost 3 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Future consideration

    Enhance RPG IV RENAME F-spec keyword to support *EXTFMT or *RCDFMT

    Please enhance the RPG IV File Spec RENAME (Rename Record Format) keyword so that a Developer can specify *ONLY or perhaps *RCDFMT or *EXTFMT (any are fine) so that the external format name need not be known at compile-time. Thus instead of RENAME...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Future consideration

    Allow INDDS/INFDS data structures to be nested (subfield) data structures

    Allow the data structures referenced in the INDDS and INFDS keywords to be nested (subfield) data structures. Use Case: DCL-F SubmitD WORKSTN INDDS(Screen.Response) INFDS(Screen.Information); DCL-DS r_DisplayIndicators QUALIFIED TEMPLATE; ExitPres...
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Future consideration

    possibility to specify what decimal character %char() should use

    I'm missing the possibility to specify what decimal character should be used in %char() overriding the control specification DECEDIT keyword. The standard european character is comma instead of point. But sometimes when generating CSV or XML files...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Future consideration

    Option to suppress RNF7031 messages in F-specs

    I always clean up any unused variables in a program before I implement it so other programmers won't be confused. As an aid to cleanup, I compile the program with RDp and then double click one of the messages in the error list so the messages are ...
    over 13 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 6 Future consideration

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