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Status Delivered
Workspace IBM i
Categories RDi (Rational Developer for i)
Created by Guest
Created on May 31, 2011

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Additional information in outline/content assist

Include the optional, yet often-used, "name" space on the D-spec for prototyped parameters in the outline and content assist. Many programmers put descriptive names on those prototypes to identify the purpose of the parameter; carrying it into the outline/content assist would be a great help.


Use Case:

When using content assist to supply a variable name for a parameter to a prototyped procedure, an indication of the usage of the parameter would be useful in selecting the approriate variable.

For example, a procedure with 4 parameters and they're all 10a, showing char(10) for them all is pretty useless. However, if the programmer has put names on those parameters, even though they're not required, they add great information when selecting the approriate variable to pass for the parm.

ProcedureName
(
char(10)
char(10)
char(10)
char(10)
)

might be

ProcedureName
(
objectName char(10)
library char(10)
objectType char(10)
someOption char(10)
)


Idea priority Low
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jan 6, 2016

    This feature is now available in the IBM Rational Developer for i V9.5 product with V9.5.0.2 fixpack installed.

    Product web page: http://www.ibm.com/software/products/us/en/dev-ibm-i
    Fix list: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27038481#9502
    Download doc: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24041306

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 14, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Programming Languages
    Product - Developer for Power Systems

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Rational
    Product family - Design & development
    Product - Developer for Power Systems

  • Guest
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    |     Jul 8, 2015

    I have noticed that these "non-required" parameter names on prototyped parameters ARE present in the outline, even for procedures defined in an include and implemented outside the current compilation unit. Might be able to alter the Content Assist to grab them from there.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 7, 2011

    This RFE will be under consideration for a future release. Status has been updated to Uncommitted Candidate.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 29, 2011

    I can see a point about local procedures. If the prototype corresponds to a local procedure and the prototype has no data in the ignored name space, then the variable names could be used.

    Only about half of the protoypes I regularly use have a corresponding PI. What about external calls? APIs? I suggested the ignored value from the prototype because:

    1) It is ignored by the compiler and can be any descriptive text.
    2) Not all prototypes have procedures attached to them.
    3) Parameter variable names in "the PI" are often cryptic.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 27, 2011

    This RFE is consistent with our strategy and product roadmap and IBM is continuing to evaluate.

  • Guest
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    |     Jun 13, 2011

    I'm guessing BCAIH is referring to the parameter variable from the procedure interface. Considering that 7.1 doesn't require the prototype on internal procedures, I would hope that from this request the outline would use the name from the prototype if available and if not then from the PI.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 6, 2011

    Not sure I follow the "variable name" notion. There are no defined variables attached to a prototype, only a description of them.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 1, 2011

    It would actually be better if the outline view showed the variable name instead of having to fill the name D-spec entry

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