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Status Future consideration
Workspace IBM i
Categories RDi (Rational Developer for i)
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 8, 2019

RELATED IDEAS

Allow cross reference to account for literals in code

The Mark Occurrences works wonders but there are times when I want to have it mark constants, like hard coded array indexes, etc.

Please consider adding an option to the outline that allows it to cross source literals, yes any literal.


Use Case:

Older programs often are converted to Free Format without spending time to rework any hard coding.

It would be nice to select an array index literal and see it marked up as regular identifiers are.

I can find a literal using search and whole word but that also finds in comments, which I don't always want to do.


Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    |     Feb 17, 2021

    The CEAC has reviewed this requirement and recommends that IBM view this as a MEDIUM priority requirement that should be addressed.

    Background: The COMMON Europe Advisory Council (CEAC) members have a broad range of experience in working with small and medium-sized IBM i customers. CEAC has a crucial role in working with IBM i development to help assess the value and impact of individual RFEs on the broader IBM i community and has therefore reviewed your RFE.

    To find out how CEAC help to shape the future of IBM i, see CEAC @ ibm.biz/BdYSYj and the article "The Five Hottest IBM i RFEs Of The Quarter" at ibm.biz/BdYSZT

    Therese Eaton – CEAC Program Manager, IBM

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jul 7, 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
    |     Feb 22, 2019

    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
    |     Feb 8, 2019

    Please consider outlining literals in array indexes as single occurrences. For instance, array(1).field = 'A' need to be considered different than array(idx).field = 'A' because I might need to know about the modifications done to this item while being referenced with a literal index value but i don't really care about the other uses.

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