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Hans, Hans, I can? What is the comma used for in RPG IV? Nothing in RPG IV that I can think of, it does not exist, does it? Am I having a brain fart? I can code the statement you specified, but it won't compile. Callp myProc(12,17); Huh? Explain, please? Bob Cozzi Cozzi Consulting www.rpgiv.com -----Original Message----- From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Hans Boldt Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 11:21 AM To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Please vote for Syntax check in /FREE! Bob cozzi wrote: > The only enhancement RPG IV needs to make it more usable today is to allow a > COMMA to be used as the parameter separator. No single thing causes me more > delays in development than this one "feature". I would give up function > overloading, semi colon at the end of statements in free format, and a bunch > of other things for this one capability. > Oh for the days I could write: > > Callp GetLibInfo('QGPL',nObjCnt, nLibSize) > Instead of... > > Callp GetLibInfo('QGPL':nObjCnt:nLibSize) > > Even today, I still enter a COMMA, compile the code, then have to figure out > what the error is telling me (because it never says COLON missing from > expression) it says things like "expected token not found" or "right > parameter missing from expression" and I look at the code (with the COMMAs > in it) and it looks perfectly fine to me, then I realize, COLOTIS is the > cause the problem > And Bob, you also know full well that that's not going to change any time soon. As you know, you can code "CALLP PROC(12,34);" today. And since release to release compatibility is rather important to us (probably to you too), the meaning of that particular bit of syntax can't change. Believe me, I think all of us here would have preferred the comma to the colon. Cheers! Hans _______________________________________________ This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries (RPG400-L) mailing list To post a message email: RPG400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/rpg400-l or email: RPG400-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l.
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