RE: Another V5R1 query... Qualified DSs

> Brad, PREFIX('DSNAME.') is only allowed on F specs.  (You
> can use a character literal with D spec PREFIX now, but it
> can't end with a dot.)  Also, you can specify QUALIFIED on
> a program-described data structure, but you can't specify
> PREFIX.

Yep, this I get.  But lets assume you can....

> 
> But assuming that qualification _could_ be specified through
> PREFIX, you might get strange coding like this:
> 
> D someDS         DS        PREFIX('DS2.')
> D   sub1               1a
> 
> With true qualification, the subfield should be someDS.sub1,
> but with the prefix kludge, the subfield would be DS2.sub1.
> Sure, the compiler could give an error if they didn't match,
> but ... ewwwww.

ewwww?  Well, either I mistyped my example or it's been changed.

D someDS         DS        PREFIX('someDS.')
D   sub1               1a

and

D someDS         DS        QUALIFIED
D   sub1               1a

would both produce the subfield someDS.sub1.  Correct?  (assuming that you
could prefix a program defined ds and it could end in a dot)

Is this still ewwww, or the same thing?  :)

Brad

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