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excellent idea
This is a good idea. It lowers barriers to modular development on the IBM i. Programmers could use this feature to provide an interface to a set of modules and service programs the way Java does with package imports.
This syntax with *ALL has been supported since day 1 of RPG IV.
I've asked fro generic member support before in other interfaces, and was declined. But I like the idea although today it would be a low (not medium) priority for me. More of a nice to have.
However, the example you show, I hope is just an example and not considered "clever" to use names like "copyxx" for copy members. 🤔 If you had, for example an manufacturing system with a set of prototypes and put them in MSGWHSE MFFINVTRY MFGPLAN etc. then I get it. /copy prodsrc/qcpysrc,mfg* would be helpful.
But a very niche market and until the database supports such features (today it does not) then I don't see how RPG would do it without writing their own customer member open handler and I wouldn't expect them to do that. But it would be helpful outside of this "idea".
I like the idea of the wild card.
I do not like the idea of the *all. My fear is everyone will get lazy & put that in their programs, rather than just the copies they need.
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