Re: Suggestion: File to use when compile

The theory here Tony, is once you have the ability to override via command 
then any new additions are not tied to waiting for IBM to upgrade.  For 
example, the RPG compiler team has no plans on ever adding TGTRLS as an 
HSPEC keyword.  (But the SQL precompiler people will be happy to show you 
a way to get around that by using the SQL precompiler under V5R3 - like 
I've said - that team has CHANGED!).  Granted we hope it doesn't take as 
long to add the precommand/command/postcommand enhancement as it did for 
CL enhancements, but once it's there, the wait is permanently over.
There is a value add to IBM doing this versus rolling your own, or 
purchasing a change management package.  And that is having a standard 
throughout the iSeries realm.  Dekko has chosen the change management 
road.  For this, and for other reasons also, like versioning, etc.


Rob Berendt
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But wouldn't those type of options be better suited as H-spec
keywords?  Such as Optimize(), Option(), etc?  Some of these H-spec
keywords are available as compile parms, but some are not.  Such as
ActGrp().  Rather than treat these as some other type of animal
(command override), why not treat them as their similar counterparts?

... And why would it take longer (10 years) to create a new H-spec or
a modified F-spec, rather than a completely new type of animal
(command override?  command default?)


On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 16:23:52 -0500, Lim Hock-Chai
<lim.hock-chai@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> keyword is nice for the example you have.  But if the thing that you 
want to override is part of the compile command parm, I think, it would be 
nice for ibm to provide a /ovrparm that is dynamic enough to override it 
without developer have to ask for a keyword and wait to 10 years <g> to 
get it.
> 
> 



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