Re: No syntax checking in free-form RPG

[Hans Boldt <boldt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hans Boldt wrote:

> Jon Paris wrote:
>
> >  >> The explanation given is that free-form is too hard to parse.
> >
> > Where did you get this "explanation" Joe?  The fact that the syntax 
> > checker
> > wasn't working was quite a surprise to me - perhaps because I tend to 
> > verify
> > so frequently I just hadn't noticed.  It strikes me as a (hopefully)
> > temporary aberration caused by a resource shortage.  Much like the 
> > horrible
> > state of the V5R2 RPG documentation in CODE (haven't checked in jLPEX) 
> > which
> > omits a whole bunch of stuff like %KDS and has a number of simple errors
> > like the bits on using a DS as a result field.
>
>
> Jon: Where did Joe get that? Probably from one of my postings on 
> MCPressOnline. The URL is:
>
> http://www.mcpressonline.com/mc?128%40%40.6ae739e2%21SearchMark=1%231
>
> (MCPressOnline's URL's are a bit of a pain since they don't properly 
>  encode the query string. urllib.quote() comes in handy in situations 
> like this.)

Yes, their URL's truly are a pain. Let's see if this one works any 
better:

http://www.mcpressonline.com/mc?128%40251.KZHEbphVaEu.26559%40.6ae739e2

If not, just go to

http://www.mcpressonline.com/mc/viewall%40%40

and look for the thread called "Syntax checking of free-form RPG?" 
under the category "RPG".

Cheers! Hans