Re: Subject: %LEN and *ZERO

[Jim Langston <jimlangston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hehe, I got a chuckle out of that, Hans.

It really sounds like that V5R1 is going to have all those bells
and whistles that we've been wanting for a long time.  Kudos.

Regards,

Jim Langston

boldt@ca.ibm.com wrote:
> 
> Simon wrote:
> >This question is for Hans or Barbara (or anyone else who knows):
> >
> >Why does the RPG IV compiler reject the following line with RNF7563?
> >    C                  EVAL %LEN(cmdString) = *ZERO
> >when cmdString is defined as:
> >    D cmdString     S              5768    VARYING
> 
> Why did we want to give an error message here?  Because we
> felt like it.  That's why.
> 
> Anyways, to give a less flippant answer:  It doesn't fail for me.
> There must be something wrong with your RPG compiler.
> Specifically, you must be running some release older than V5R1.
> 
> (I hate to sound like a broken record, but, well, wait for V5R1.)
> 
> Cheers!  Hans
> 
> Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com
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