Re: program/file data structure

rbrightman wrote:
>Don't you think it would be nice to have more of the fields in the file and
>program data structures accessed by '*' name instead of trying to remember the
>from/to positions in the data structure?
>
>*parm is a good example. Why can't we have *rrn (relative record number), *job
>(244 - 253 of PDA), *user (254 - 263 of PDA)?
>
>Also, do we really need to code them in the data structure at all? After all,
we
>use *date without defining it in the data structure.

Of course, you could always code your PSDS or INFDS in /COPY
members.  Or even better, using externally described data
structures.  That way, you only have to code up the DS once
and you don't have to continually look up the field positions.

Cheers!  Hans

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


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