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IBM i

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    Add %HEX (or %TOHEX and %FROMHEX) built-in functions to RPG IV

    Utilizing the cvthc and cvtch functions for converting to and from hexadecimal notation is a valuable tool in RPG land. However, in the context of RPG development, we must rely on our own prototypes since IBM does not provide standard prototypes w...
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Future consideration

    Add "Deprecated" as a special keyword to procedures

    Deprecation is something that is not something that RPG developers would be familiar with, however open source developers are. When you no longer need a method or when you dont want someone to use a method that is out there, you deprecate the meth...
    about 3 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 8 Future consideration

    Consolidate documentation for Services and documentation for the system catalog into one area.

    Instead of placing the documentation for IBM i Services underneath "Performance and query optimization" move it to "Db2 for i catalog views". Take these links: Db2® for i Services: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.5?topic=optimization-db2-i-service...
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 9 Future consideration

    RDi "BYOE" (Bring-Your-Own-Eclipse) Edition

    The idea is, to have RDi as an BYOE (Bring-Your-Own-Eclipse) install, which can be integrated into any existing Eclipse installation (even under Linux). This way, RDi would open up to more developers, especially to developers running Eclipse on Li...
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Future consideration

    Possibility for %lookup to search more than one field of a structure.

    In data structures, lookup using %lookup is fantastic. But it would be interesting to add the possibility of searching on two or more fields: structure(1).field1 = 'A'; structure(1).field2 = 123; structure(1).field..... structure(2).field1 = 'B'; ...
    about 2 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Future consideration

    Allow data structures to be extended or decorated

    RPG currently allows us to define a data structure with the same layout another with the LIKEDS keyword. It would be useful to be able to use a similar keyword to define the basic structure, but also to extend the data structure and add additional...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Future consideration

    Post-Quantum Cryptography

    Add to DCM the possibility of Post-Quantum Cryptography and also update version of OPENSSL to 3.50 for use it
    4 months ago in IBM i / Security 2 Future consideration

    RPG - Conditional (Ternary) Operator (?:) in EVAL operation

    I'd like to be able to use conditional assignment (?:) in EVAL and EVALR operation in RPG. C, C#, java and many other languages have a conditional (aka ternary) operator. This allows developers to make very terse choices between two values based o...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 17 Future consideration

    SQL service to manage certificate store (import certificate to store)

    Hello, I recently just been working on some certificates projects and I thought it would be a great use to have a SQL functionality to import certificate to a store. Furthermore It would be nice to have a possibility to assign or replace certifica...
    10 months ago in IBM i / System Management 3 Future consideration

    QMGTOOLS Option to Compare/Order Cross Reference PTFs Before an OS Upgrade

    In QMGTOOLS option 24, PTF menu, can IBM add an option to compare/order cross-reference PTFs when planning for an OS upgrade, like from 7.4 to 7.5?
    11 months ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 2 Future consideration

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