RE: Scope of variables and subprocedures.

>> - unlimited-length character variables (or at least no arbitrary
>>   RPG limit)

I thought that ILE RPG already had this using the "name..." convention. At
least, I am using it. 

>> - access to the IFS file system

Are us talking about built in functions because functions are already
available to read and write to IFS file system? I have written them and so
have many others. 

>> - typed pointers with a dereference operator
>> - variable-type in prototyped parameters

Could you give an example of these?

-----Original Message-----
From: bmorris@ca.ibm.com [mailto:bmorris@ca.ibm.com]
Sent: Monday, December 13, 1999 2:32 PM
To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
Subject: RE: Scope of variables and subprocedures.





>Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 16:34:01 -0000
>From: Colin Williams <Williamsc@technocrats.co.uk>
>
>Barbara, what other things that you think RPG needs, out of interest?

In no particular order...

Here are the things I think RPG IV needs to become a fully
"grown-up" language:
- scoped names within data structures so you can have subfield A in
  two different data structures
- unlimited-length character variables (or at least no arbitrary
  RPG limit)
- n-dimension arrays
- variable-type in prototyped parameters
- bitwise operations for integer and character data
- typed pointers with a dereference operator

AS/400 related things that ILE RPG should have:
- full null-value support
- access to the IFS file system
- library-qualified data-areas and variable-named data-areas

Barbara Morris


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