I have added two new RFE's for your consideration:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=93114
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=93115
These are to add new BIF's to RPG:
93114 is for %min(fld1: fld2: ...) and %max(fld1: fld2: ...)
93115 is for %right(str: int) and %left(str: int)
Yes I could write my own procedures for %max and %min, but I could not write one max or min procedure to handle all cases, and the BIF equivalent of %right using %subst is a bit convoluted. %min, %max, %right, and %left are more readable, thus more maintainable, and generic enough that they should be part of the language.
Mark Murphy
STAR BASE Consulting, Inc.
mmurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
-----"Mark Murphy/STAR BASE Consulting Inc." <mmurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: -----
To: "RPG programming on the IBM i \(AS/400 and iSeries\)" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: "Mark Murphy/STAR BASE Consulting Inc." <mmurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 08/16/2016 08:18AM
Subject: Re: Where to post ideas for RPG
What do you mean by a void prototype?
void myfunction(int)
dcl-pr myfunction;
fld Int(10) value;
end-pr;
or
int myfunction(void)
dcl-pr myfunction Int(10);
end-pr;
Mark Murphy
STAR BASE Consulting, Inc.
mmurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
-----Niels Liisberg <NLI@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: -----
To: "RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: Niels Liisberg <NLI@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 08/15/2016 06:58PM
Subject: Where to post ideas for RPG
Hi,
It wold be great if RPG had some kind of "void" prototype and "..." Which is "any number of parameters" just like in C so I could have a more clean integration to i.e. The C function "printf()" .
Also a %TYPEOF() that returs a given type / lenght datastructure of a give variable.
Now. I'm not a member of CEAC. I don't have a place to post these ideas directly. So what to do? Send mails to Barbara Morris? Is there a forum elsewhere?
Regads
Niels Liisberg
midrange.com
