RE: Conditional compilation directives: Is AND valid?

Rob,

Why not just embed the /IF into the included member rather than
including it in each member?

Bob

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> Hans,
>
> We've been using the single level /if not defined(....) for
> API programs. The API's support multiple formats.  Most of
> them are the same with a few fields added on.
>
> Sample is the API QUSLMBR.  It supports the formats:
> MBRL0100, MBRL0200, MBRL0300, MBRL0310, MBRL0320, MBRL0330.
> MBRL0200 has the same layout as MBRL0100 with a few fields
> added.  MBRL0300 has the same format as MBRL0200 with a few
> fields added... So we create multiple members in our QAPISRC file.
>
> Member MBRL0100 looks like:
>       /If not defined(QUSLMBR)
>       /Define QUSLMBR
>       /Include ROUTINES/QAPISRC,QUSLMBR
>
>       /EndIf
>       /Define MBRL0100
>       /If not defined(MBRL0200)
>       * MBRL0100 - QUSLMBR - List Database File Members -
> Basic Information
>      D MBRL0100        DS
>       /EndIf
>      D  MLMbrName                    10a      Member name used
>
> Member MBRL0200 looks like:
>       /If not defined(QUSLMBR)
>       /Define QUSLMBR
>       /Include ROUTINES/QAPISRC,QUSLMBR
>
>       /EndIf
>       /Define MBRL0200
>       /If not defined(MBRL0300)
>       * MBRL0200 - QUSLMBR - List Database File Members - Source info
>      D MBRL0200        DS
>       /EndIf
>       /Include ROUTINES/QAPISRC,MBRL0100
>      D  MLSourceType                 10a      Source type
>      D  MLCreateTS                   13a      Create date & time
>      D  MLSourceTS                   13a      Source change D & T
>      D  MLText                       50a      Member text
>      D  MLCCSID                      10i 0      Member text CCSID
>
> The rub is that I didn't care for the documentation on 0310,
> 0320, 0330 so I wanted 0300 to not put the DS line in there
> if any of those three were described.
>
> Rob Berendt
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> Benjamin Franklin
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> Hans Boldt <boldt@ca.ibm.com>
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> 07/10/2002 12:07 PM
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> rob@dekko.com wrote:
> > Can I do the following?  If not, then now do you recommend
> forming the
> if
> > nest?
> >
> >       /If not defined(MBRL0310) AND not defined(MBRL0320) AND not
> > defined(MBRL0330)
> >       * MBRL0300 - QUSLMBR - List Database File Members -
> Source info
> >      D MBRL0300        DS
> >       /EndIf
>
> No, you can't code any operators on a /IF directive.
>
> Also, you might want to rethink what you're doing since I
> suspect you're trying to do something that's not possible in
> RPG IV.  When you code "/IF DEFINED(X)", for the condition to
> be considered true, the name X is a name specified either in
> the DEFINE parameter on the CRTRPGMOD/CRTBNDRPG command or on
> the /DEFINE directive.  It does not refer to any names coded
> otherwise in the RPG program, and cannot be used to condition
> code whether or not a specific variable name is defined.
>
> (Also, you can also code something like "/IF
> DEFINED(*V5R1M0)" to conditionally compile code intended for
> the specified release or later.)
>
> Cheers!  Hans
>
>
>
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