Re: program/file data structure

[boldt@xxxxxxxxxx]

James wrote:
>...
>I agree with the other comments on this list, *user, *job, *jobn, (or whatever)
>etc.  would be nice for program status values. I also do -not- want to rename
>these values to field names. I don't think that anyone on this list has
problems
>with reserved words that start with "*".  I support the idea that *STATUS
should
>be more that just a from-to placement determinator, but a useable value.
>Unfortunately, it's used in both program DS and file DS, so some other name
>(*PGMSTS) needs to be developed.

Well, you could always use BIF %STATUS (available since V4R2).
And in V4R4, you can code INZ(*USER) to initialize a character
field to the user name.

I agree, it would be nice to have other things available.  But
I'm not sure if we can justify doing more in that area.

>
>How about it Hans?  Could something like this be placed in the "to do" pile?
>Give it to the new kid on the team <g>

There's a new kid on the team?!?

Cheers!  Hans

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


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