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>What they should do is remove the "B" from the RPG manual, and have a >compiler message that says "The B data type is deprecated, please >replace it with a I" just like they do in every other language on every >other platform. > >I know, I know, you can use decimal places with a "B" data type and not >with an "I", and people think that this means "B" should stay. But, >really, who uses that?! <hesitantly raises hand> Er... well... ummm... Not here, but at an earlier company. It was a database change made in the S/3 days from Packed to Binary to keep the same number of columns but increase the maximum number. I am completely in favour of a compiler option/H spec that defaults to a fatal error if B data types are in use. Then everybody's standard H specs could have that option included. Except for me, in those few programs that use binary with decimals. They would get a custom H spec. --buck
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