Re: S/36 F-spec allowed dotted names? was: EXTNAME questions...

Dan,

>However, if my memory serves correctly (and I'll be the first to admit that 
>it's
>not always so), dots were never allowed in the F-spec filename, not in RPG-II,
>RPG-III, or RPG-IV.  

That is correct.  They were never allowed in any flavor of RPG.

>Barbara mentioned the fix for EXTNAME that Brad mentions.  Wierd that Hans &
>company would allow a dotted file name for that but not for F-spec filenames.  
>I
>agree that it would make sense to allow any legitimate AS/400 object name to be
>used on the F-spec.  

I disagree.  The ExtName() should not need to adhere to the language's
symbolic name restrictions, and I agree a fix was in order for it.  To
me this is like being able to specify quoted external names in mixed
case when necessary.  But although you need to be able to resolve an
external name to the right object, that does not necessarily mean the
internal symbolic name has to allow the same naming conventions.

Just my .02,
Doug
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