RE: Scope of variables and subprocedures.

[bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx]

>Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 16:34:01 -0000
>From: Colin Williams <Williamsc@technocrats.co.uk>
>
>Barbara, what other things that you think RPG needs, out of interest?

In no particular order...

Here are the things I think RPG IV needs to become a fully
"grown-up" language:
- scoped names within data structures so you can have subfield A in
  two different data structures
- unlimited-length character variables (or at least no arbitrary
  RPG limit)
- n-dimension arrays
- variable-type in prototyped parameters
- bitwise operations for integer and character data
- typed pointers with a dereference operator

AS/400 related things that ILE RPG should have:
- full null-value support
- access to the IFS file system
- library-qualified data-areas and variable-named data-areas

Barbara Morris


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