RE: It's That Time Again! The 2002 RPG Enhancement Poll

["Denis Robitaille" <denis_robitaille@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good Idea. If this was on the ballot, I would have selected it

Denis Robitaille
Directeur services technique TI
819 363 5187

>>> ALBartell@taylorcorp.com 08/19/02 09:40am >>>
I was surprised that there wasn't a vote spot for qualifying sub
procedures.
As RPG moves more towards a PC/OO language all the time, and with the
use of
ILE on the rise I think that would be a top priority.

Here is an example of what I am talking about:
Let's say I have two modules -- CUSTOMER and ITEM.  Within both of them
I
have a sub procedure named getDescription.

Currently I have to code my programs like the following if I want to
use
both of those sub procedures:

eval    custDescription = getCustDesc(1234)
eval    itemDescription = getItemDesc('HAT')

I would like to be able to do this:

eval custDescription = CUSTOMER.getDescription(1234)
eval itemDescription = ITEM.getDescription('HAT')

Does anybody else see a great benefit to this or am I the only one.  I
have
included this request on the bottom of my ballot.  What are the chances
of
personal requests getting into the language this next round?

Aaron Bartell