RE: What bugs you about KLISTs in RPG IV?

[cmassoglia@xxxxxxxxxxx (Charles L. Massoglia)]

>Thanks for your input on this issue!
...
>One person came close to another idea that we've been playing
>with here in the lab.  As you know, there are rumors floating
>around about a new free-format calc spec.  Let's assume for a
>moment  that these rumors are true.  This would give new ways
>to enhance old opcodes.  The main thing  that has bothered me
>about KLISTs is that they are necessary at all! If we weren't
>limited to 14 chars in Factor 1, we would be able to list the
>keys directly in the CHAIN opcode.  Imagine for a moment:
>
>     cf   chain (custno: acctno: date) mastfile
>
>or even:
>
>     cf  chain (prodno: 'X' + subcode(n+14)) mastfile
>
>In other words, full expressions coded directly as key fields
>for the keyed I/O operations!
>
>So todays questions are:  Would you take advantage of this if
>available?  Would you still use KLISTs?

All I care about is not being required to match attributes in my key list
(however it's coded) to the file's keys.  If Query will allow me to use a 10
character field to chain to an 8 character key, padding with blanks as
appropriate, why can't RPG?

>
>Cheers!  Hans
>
>Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com
>
>


Charlie Massoglia, Massoglia Technical Consulting, Inc.
PO Box 1065, Okemos, MI 48854, USA
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