RE: BrainStorming on changes/addtions

[Chris Bipes <ChrisB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hans,

I love your example:
H dftactgrp(*no) bnddir('QC2LE')
When will it be ptf'd to V3R7?  Can all the compiler options be specified in
the H specs?

options(*string) would be nice on V3R2, any idea when it will be ptf'd back?

Yes, I know that I am about to become unsupported, if I could only convince
management to spend the money and go to V4R3 on all three boxes, which means
throw out a perfectly good transaction processor that just happens to be a
CICS machine running at 20%cpu usage.  (No justification to upgrade to a
RISC box based on usage.)

Maybe after the AS500 comes out with its 128bit processor running at
hundreds of gigahertz. <g>

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Hans wrote:
You already have that capability, in a way.  Try out the following
RPG program:

     H dftactgrp(*no) bnddir('QC2LE')
     D atol            pr            10i 0 extproc('atol')
     D                                 *   value options(*string)
     D num             s             10i 0
     C                   eval      num = atol('1234')
     C     num           dsply
     C                   eval      *inlr = *on

The trick here is that function "atol" is part of the C run-time
library, which is shipped on every AS/400.  So basically, consider
every routine defined in the C run-time as available to you!

Cheers!  Hans.

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