RE: Free Form RPG Opinions Wanted

[Buck Calabro <Buck.Calabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>> But honestly Jerry, there are several new operation codes and
>> BIF's coming out that will either only work in free format, 
>> or are really enhanced in free format.
>
>Uh oh.  Where is this documented, Rob?

Joe, you're being a naughty boy!  The Infocenter has this documented pretty
well.  Hit the RPG Reference, 'What's new this release:'
<http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508403.htm#HDRR
ELV5R2>

>There is absolutely no good reason, and no defensible 
>rationale, for a BIF put into free-form to not be 
>included in RPG IV.  

I can think of one: A BIF that supports a /free enhanced opcode.  An example
of this is %KDS which can hold the keylist for the /free CHAIN.

>As to new opcodes, I'd have to see them, but I'm again 
>of the mind that anything that can fit into free-form 
>can fit into an RPG IV expression.  

The enhanced CHAIN is an example.  Factor one in columnar format isn't large
enough to specify a list of fields, but in /free form there is.

  --buck