RE: Display files not compatible with new RPG syntax

The DSPATR P-field (program-to-system function) doesn't support DSPATR(PC),
and I think there's something else with subfiles where indicators are
required.

If IBM would just finish DDS...

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On
Behalf Of thomas@inorbit.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 10:22 PM
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Display files not compatible with new RPG syntax

On Tue, 13 November 2001, "Joe Pluta" wrote:

> So, if display files were to go away, RPG wouldn't need indicators
anymore.

Since dspf keywords and possibly other syntax elements have been reducing
the need for indicators for a number of years, this got me wondering... just
exactly where are indicators still required for dspfs nowadays? A couple
possibilities came to mind, but trivial workarounds also came to mind
seconds later.

Tom Liotta

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