RE: Display files not compatible with new RPG syntax

[Joel Fritz <JFritz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm a recent convert to the indara keyword.  It doesn't eliminate the
indicators in the dds, but it makes the program side a lot easier to deal
with.  You can pretend they're logical variables that control properties of
the display.  Some people might say it's syntactic sugar. <g>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Pluta [mailto:joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 10:33 AM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: Display files not compatible with new RPG syntax
>
>
> Something just struck me, folks.  With the evolving syntax of
> RPG, there's
> no need to ever code an indicator, except for display and
> print files.  And,
> with some work print files can technically be handled without
> indicators.
>
> So, if display files were to go away, RPG wouldn't need
> indicators anymore.
>
> Just musing...
>
> Joe Pluta
> www.plutabrothers.com
>