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Status Not under consideration
Workspace IBM i
Categories Languages - RPG
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 10, 2018

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Dynamic variables/arrays

Allow dynamic size variables/arrays in RPGLE, SQLRPGLE and CLLE. Allow declaration of variables like var1 char, var2 int, etc.


Use Case:

Having dynamic variables and arrays allows you to not have to worry about array index out of bounds when you try to retrieve one element larger than the array or have to declare large array structures to avoid having to make them larger in the future when something changes. This will also allow you to declare variables you need and not have to worry about the size. Today you have to use pointers to do this but, it would be good not having to deallocate and reallocate a pointer and just declare your variables and arrays without specifying the size.


Idea priority Low
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 16, 2019

    IBM has previously requested more clarifying information. Because the additional information was not provided within 30 days, the request has been closed.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 7, 2019

    Please provide a little more information about your request for dynamic variables. RPG already has varying-length strings, defined with VARCHAR, VARUCS2, and VARGRAPH. If you are requesting something different, please explain further.

    For RPGLE, dynamic arrays (called varying-dimension arrays in RPG) will be delivered in 7.4: See https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_74/rzasd/vardimarray.htm

    Regarding CLLE, please open another RFE, and mention "CLLE" in the title of your new RFE. For CLLE, open the RFE against the following:

    Brand: Servers and Systems Software
    Product family: Power Systems
    Product: IBM i
    Component:- Languages - CL (Control Language)

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     May 20, 2019

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Power Systems
    Product - IBM i
    Component - Languages - RPG
    Operating system - IBM i
    Source - None

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Development Tooling
    Product - Programming Patterns
    Component - Code generation
    Operating system - IBM i
    Source - None

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