RE: What bugs you about KLISTs in RPG IV?

[Buck Calabro <mcalabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>In our survey from the beginning of the year, we found that many
>people  wanted to be able to define KLISTs in D-Specs.  It seems
>like a logical thing to do since KLIST is more a definition than
>a calculation.  But, (without getting into details), we've found
>a number of problems with that. So, I'd like to pose a couple of
>questions to understand what the requirement really is regarding
>KLISTs:
>
>1) What are  the top three things that bug you about programming
>   compound keys in RPG?

Actually, KLIST seems like an elegant way to handle compound keys.  Their
drawback is that they're not defined with the rest of the definitions.

>2) Would KLISTs in D-Specs fix any of those things?

Sure would!

>3) What would make compound keys easier in RPG?

I wish I knew...  How do other languages handle them?

Buck Calabro
Billing Concepts Albany, NY
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