Re: Hidden feature or bug

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Joep,

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Carel Teijgeler


>The syntax checker is not a feature of RPG, but of SEU.

I know. Perhaps I should have written "With RPG III ...."


>And although it is quite good at checking the syntax, it can only flag
>errors.  Not coding any
>result indicator is not an error in RPG IV; nor is coding only an error
>indicator.

This is only since the read-BIFs are introduced in RPG (release V4R5M0 ??).
Before that SEU would have flagged the error (or missing indicator), as it
was required then.


>Now, if the syntax checker were configurable, you might configure it to
>not accept just an error indicator, but, alas, it isn't.

I am aware that the syntax checker in SEU have to do a condiotional check:
If any resulting indicators are used, check for errors, otherwise ignore.
This may be difficult to implement and the checking is done on the wrong
indicator column in stead of the required indicator column.





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