Re: More than 80 columns

Hi, Bryce:

My mistake ... it looks like the compiler cuts off at column 80, regardless of /free or not. :-o

I misinterpreted the error messages I was seeing in the listing. I revised the test case, and ran more tests, and now I can clearly see that it does not like RPG /free statements that extend beyond column 80. D'Oh! :-o

Perhaps we should all open DCRs for this?

80 columns, how quaint. Just like punched-cards on the old IBM mainframes! ;-)

Cheers,

Mark S. Waterbury

> Bryce Martin wrote:

I created a source physical file with record length of 240 but it still only let me code to column 80. Everything after that was just a comment to the compiler. Are you using a compiler directive or something?


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Bryce Martin
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Hi, David:

A quick experiment reveals that you can use up to 100 columns for source code for /free format. This is true for source physical files (where you can create a record length up to about 240 for use with SEU), and for stream files (where there is no imposed limit.)

From what I can tell, from error messages generated and the compiler listing, it appears to actually "cut off" at around column 103 ...? :-o

All the best,

Mark

> David Gibbs wrote:

Although I haven't tried it, I suspect the same limitations apply. I

doubt the parser is different when using a stream file.

david