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Status Not under consideration
Workspace IBM i
Categories Languages - RPG
Created by Guest
Created on Dec 14, 2024

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Sort (auto-arrange) all content in /INCLUDE members in RPG IV

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All content of included (/INCLUDE) members should be arranged in the source member so that the target (including) source member can be compiled. That is I want to include prototypes, declares, and even subprocedure implementation (body) in a /INCLUDE and just have it work. Today I have to put the /INCLUDE for small "helper" functions at the bottom of the source member. Note that I mostly use the SQL precompiler which is when I'm seeing this issue.

Idea priority High
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    |     Dec 23, 2024
    Thank you for taking the time to submit your Idea. After careful consideration, we know that we cannot deliver your requested enhancement soon, so it is being declined. However, your Idea 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.

    There are 2 good work-arounds:

    1. Use conditional compilation directives /IF and /ENDIF to control which parts of the included file to be used by each /INCLUDE statement.

    2. Split the include file into 2 or more files.

    -IBM Power Systems Development
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