RE: RPG /free

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

I love Code/400.  However one of the gripes I have about it is the fact
that in can indent fixed format code and show you that.  But it cannot
indent free format code.  The developers on the code400 list are very
receptive to many changes however they don't seem to grasp why you would
want that one.  I even pointed out that RPGAlive can get SEU to do this.
You'd think they'd want to keep up with their competitors.
http://www.rpgalive.com/

Rob Berendt
--
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Benjamin Franklin



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                    L. (TC)"                To:     "'rpg400-l@midrange.com'" 
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>Long 80 column+ statements are a sign of a Visual Basic programming. <g>
(No offense.)

He he:-)  Well I am not a VB programmer, but if that is how they code then
I
might like them (J/K).

Bob, the nice thing that /free lets us do is do indented nested statements.
A lot of code out there will be nested 3 or 4 levels deep which would leave
me next to nothing to do an eval operation trying to concatenate a couple
of
variables together.

For instance:

If a = b
  dow *in90
     if java = 'slow'
       select
       when slow = 'reallyslow'
           eval Variable = %trim(%char(Custno) + ':' + %trim(CustFName) +
%trim(CustLName)
       endsl
     endif
  enddo
EndIf

In the above example it is easier to read on one line (IMO) than to have it
span multiple lines.

Aaron Bartell



-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Cozzi (RPGIV) [mailto:cozzi@rpgiv.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 11:11 AM
To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
Subject: RE: RPG /free


As much as I dislike the /FREE syntax, RPG IV is not JavaScript.
Statements do not need to be on one line. Long 80 column+ statements are
a sign of a Visual Basic programming. <g> (No offense.)

I can't justify why IBM did it this way, but they did.

Bob Cozzi
cozzi@rpgiv.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com]
On
> Behalf Of Bartell, Aaron L. (TC)
> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 10:49 AM
> To: 'rpg400-l@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: RPG /free
>
> <soapybox>
> That is like giving somebody their favorite meal and then taking it
away
> from them when they are only half-way done eating it!
>
> Having free-format but being limited to 72 characters is VERY
frustrating!
> Especially when you have already done some scripting languages which
don't
> limit you.  I am trying to guess why they would have limited to that
much,
> but I can only wonder.
>
> I definitely appreciate free-format, but what's the benefit to going
halfway
> with it?  "Well we don't want to totally alienate RPGIII people trying
to
> convert . . ."  The people that are learning free-format are going to
be the
> ones that want to change and that are going to take the time to learn
> something new.
> </soapybox>
>
> my .02
> Aaron Bartell
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Cozzi (RPGIV) [mailto:cozzi@rpgiv.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 10:20 AM
> To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: RPG /free
>
>
> No!
> You are limited to 72 or 73 characters.
> Columns 7 (or is it 8?) through 80.
>
> Bob Cozzi
> cozzi@rpgiv.com
> Visit the on-line  Midrange  Developer  forum at: http://www.rpgiv.com
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com
[mailto:rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com]
> On
> > Behalf Of Bartell, Aaron L. (TC)
> > Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 9:59 AM
> > To: 'rpg400-l@midrange.com'
> > Subject: RPG /free
> >
> > In RPG free form are we limited to 80 characters for entering free
> form
> > code?
> >
> > Aaron Bartell
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