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Many ways to do this? There's only one way and it's the one suggested here. Incidentally, there are many ways to cut your grass but scissors are not the sensible option.
We have evaluated this request and determined that it cannot be implemented at this time.
The CAAC has reviewed this requirement and recommends that IBM not implement this request. There are many ways to do this.
Background: The COMMON Americas Advisory Council (CAAC) members have a broad range of experience in working with small and medium-sized IBM i customers. CAAC has a key 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.
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Nancy Uthke-Schmucki - CAAC Program Manager
Although the theme of this request is consistent with our business strategy, it is not committed to the release that is currently under development.
Using alias on a data structure is a great workaround I'll definitely start using. Though it only works well for new code. I guess the hover makes sense most with legacy code.
This RFE reminds me of
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=141632
But this RFE covers SQL
I you define your DS as ...
Dcl-DS MYTABLE ExtName('MYTABLE') Qualified Alias;
End-Ds;
... you'll see the long names (and you have code completion by default).