RE: RPG400 SDA query?

Why do we HAVE to have everything in columns still?  You must be about
ready to give us the option to either have them or not to have them,
aren't you?

Dave

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>From:  Hans Boldt[SMTP:boldt@ca.ibm.com]
>Sent:  Thursday, October 23, 1997 9:16 AM
>To:    MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>Subject:       Re: RPG400 SDA query?
>
>John Carr wrote:
>>In RPGIV  we would.... LIKE TO DO THIS!!!!!!!!!.
>
>>D STRUC     DS
>>D                   QN001
>>D                   QN002
>>D                   QN003
>>D                3  ARRAY        DIM(3) OVERLAY(STRUC)
>>
>>But they have not given us the ability to overlay at the D/S level yet.
>>sooooo, in this example you would have to define the array like this;
>>
>>D          1    9    ARRAY       DIM(3)
>>
>>Hard coding(Jon, Hans, George)  the from & To of the array definition.
>
>Hi John!  How soon do you want this?  How about the next release of ILE
>RPG?
>(Just one hint:  when you get the next RPG release, be sure to load the
>first
>PTF.  The enhancement won't work without it.)
>
>BTW, for the benefit of those who didn't see this the first time,
>here's
>the list of other enhancements coming (hopefully soon) in the next
>release of RPG:
>
>- New D-Spec keyword VARYING to define varying length character and
>  graphic fields.  Of course, this means we also recognize varying
>  length fields defined in externally described files.
>- Indicator data type (type N)
>- New built-in functions:
>  -- %REPLACE for string manipulation
>  -- %CHAR to convert date/time/timestamp/graphic types to character
>  -- %STATUS
>  -- %ERROR
>  -- %EOF
>  -- %FOUND
>  -- %OPEN
>- New opcode extender (E) to eliminate need for error indicator (used
>  with new bif %ERROR)
>- New H-Spec keywords to specify compiler options in the RPG source
>  (rather than on the CRT command)
>- additional date formats used with MOVE opcode
>- Keywords IMPORT and EXPORT can take parameters to specify a
>mixed-case
>  external name.
>- New F-spec keyword INDDS to specify a 99 byte data structure which
>  holds conditioning and response indicators for the file.  So each
>  display and printer file can have its own separate indicator area.
>
>Of course, this is all still very unofficial since the release hasn't
>been
>officially announced yet.
>
>Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com
>(note: new internet id)
>
>PS. We have one more surprise in the works, so stay tuned.
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