Re: Record name the same as the file name

[Hans Boldt <boldt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Booth Martin wrote:
> Aren't we giving up something when we allow the record format name to equal
> the file name? 
>  
> Isn't that just moving to the lowest common denominator? Should we be asking
> that RPG give up a feature? Whether we like the feature or not is irrelevant
>
>  
> The rule of "Read files, write records" is not just an RPG thing. Besides,
> who knows? Maybe in the future we'll wish we had the ability to have a mix
> of record formats in a file. 

You already have the ability to define multiple record formats in a 
file. Consider WORKSTN files. Consider logical files defined over 
multiple physical files.

Mind you, the ability to allow a file to contain one record format 
with the same name as the file is not something we're going to jump 
into without a lot of thought. The implementation alternatives we 
know about now are all rather kludgy.

And considering that a simple RENAME keyword on the F-Spec gets 
around the problem, it will be hard to convince everyone here that 
there aren't more important things that need to be done to the language.

But the suggestion has been recorded in our list of proposed future 
enhancements.

Cheers! Hans