Re: Which compilers respect DDS ALIAS Keyword for LF's ?

["Nelson C. Smith" <ncsmith@xxxxxxxx>]

So why not now?

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Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 7:44 AM
Subject: Re: Which compilers respect DDS ALIAS Keyword for LF's ?


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>
> David wrote:
> >Dies anyone know of any compilers which respect the DDS ALIAS
> >Keyword for LF's ?  I have tried accessing an aliased field from
> >both RPG/400 and RPGIV however both fail to compile, with error
> >7030 (field not defined).
>
> COBOL uses the ALIAS name.  When ALIAS was added to DDS, RPG
> still only supported 6 char field names, so it didn't make
> much sense for RPG to support longer DDS field names.
>
> Cheers!  Hans
>
> Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com
>
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