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Status Not under consideration
Workspace IBM i
Categories RDi (Rational Developer for i)
Created by Guest
Created on May 6, 2016

RELATED IDEAS

RDi CL formatting for declaring variables with defined storage

Add a preference to indent DCL statements for variables with STG(*DEFINED).


Use Case:

Declare an incoming parameter for a qualified object and then declare the object name and library. With the indentation it would look similar to the following:

dcl var(&ParmObj) type(*char) len(20)
dcl var(&ObjName) type(*char) stg(*defined) len(10) +
defvar(&ParmObj 1)
dcl var(&ObjLib) type(*char) stg(*defined) len(10) +
defvar(&ParmObj 11)

With the indenting, it is very quick and easy to see variables defined from the "parent" variable.


Idea priority Low
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Mar 15, 2022

    Thank you for taking the time to submit your request. After careful consideration, we know that we cannot deliver your requested enhancement in the near term, so it is being declined. However, your request does align with the future strategy of our product and we believe it may have future value, so we will add it to an internal list for us to keep in mind for the future.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 19, 2020

    We have reviewed this requirement and we feel it would be a beneficial enhancement to the product. We hope to be able to add it to our development plans in the future.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 21, 2016

    Although the theme of this request is consistent with our business strategy, it is not committed to the release that is currently under development.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     May 10, 2016

    JMarkMurphy,

    No it is not necessary to define them immediately after the DEFVAR. I would be fine with only indenting if the *DEFINED variable was only indented after the DEFVAR variable. That would mean more parsing work to make sure the indent is properly handled. I think a better way would be to make this option a preference. If someone codes that way, have the preference turned off.

    I personally would consider coding the *DEFINED variable remote from the DEFVAR variable very confusing or really just a plane bad practice. When doing my code review, I would take back anything like that to the developer who coded it and have them to change it.

    Even if I do a *DEFINED variable after an INCLUDE, I do it immediately after the INCLUDE so that someone following my code has a chance at understanding it.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     May 9, 2016

    Is it necessary to define these variables immediately following the variable they overlay? If not, indenting them could be misleading.

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