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There is another RFE, 137563, that requests the ability to set the origin index to zero for a specific array rather than using a CTL-OPT option to set it for all arrays in the module. If a change to the way arrays are indexed is ever made for RPG in the future, it is more likely to be an option for specific arrays than an option for all arrays in a module.
Great idea, however it will better imho. to just have that option on each array definition - simply not to confuse the original code base ( coders) .
dcl-s myArray dim(100) indexbase(0);
... where indexbase is dafault(1)
Array indexes starting at zero is one of the stupidest things these other languages have come up with. No human starts counting at zero. Zero means nothing, and 1 means you have something. Therefore if you have one array element then it's at index 1.
Jason
But different ways to implement it.
But different ways to implement it.
Looks like we have had the same idea.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=137563
Other languages would better use 1 as base index :-)
No human starts counting at 0... it's just not natural.