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  3. September 2001

Zoned vs Packed

 > What I'm hearing is that zoned decimals
 > are converted to packed only to be compatible with RPG III and binary
 > numerics are not converted at all. True?

All numerics are converted to packed (including binary) unless the
programmer takes explicit action to prevent this.  i.e. Uses an externally
defined DS using the file as the external description or specifically codes
an explicit definition for the same field.

This is the same behavior as RPG III - nothing changed with RPG IV.

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