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Status Under review
Workspace IBM i
Categories RDi (Rational Developer for i)
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 9, 2025

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Teach "Refactor | Rename to use file ALIAS" about variable scoping

I had occasion to use this refactor function today and it surprised me.  I have used it before with much success.  

I had a file declared globally that contained a field FIELD1 (we'll say).  I also had an externally described data structure in a sub-procedure that also contained a field named FIELD1.  When I used the Refactor option "Rename to use file ALIAS" it renamed the locally-scoped FIELD1 from the externally described structure to the field name from the file.  This would have caused a difficult to locate logic error had I not noticed.

It would be better to not change variables that are not file fields when using "Rename to use file ALIAS", even if they are named the same.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Oct 15, 2025

    Here is a compiler listing so you can see the variable types and names and the declaration scope.

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  • Guest
    Oct 15, 2025

    Attached is some source code and a couple of pictures of RDi that demonstrate the issue.

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  • Guest
    Oct 15, 2025
    We need more information to evaluate this Idea. Could you provide the sample code that can reproduce this issue?

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