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

[Hans Boldt <boldt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob Cozzi wrote:
> Hans,
>
> I think for keyword expressions, I'd simply like to say things like:
>
> D fieldx        S                80A
> D myArray       S                 1A  DIM(%SIZE(fieldx)+1)

Bob:  Have you tried coding something like this:

----------------------------------------------------------
D fieldx          s             80a
D fieldx1         s             +1    like(fieldx)
D myarray         s              1a   dim(%size(fieldx1))
  /free
     dsply myarray(81);
     *inlr = *on;
  /end-free
----------------------------------------------------------

In this program, "myarray" gets declared as 1A DIM(81).


> I would settle for just that kind of support vs. the following:
>
> D FieldY        S                 7P 0 INZ(3741)
> D Invoice       S                 9P 0 INZ(FieldY + 1)
>
> I don't really care about example two (above). I just want static values
> in the expression support. Field variables would be a good "next time"
> function but not important for round one.

When we're talking about expressions as keyword parameters, we're
*only* talking about constant expressions, and not variable
expressions.  Variable expressions is an even bigger problem.

Cheers!  Hans