Re: Suggestion: File to use when compile

[Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> And for that matter, it isn't rocket science for a home-grown utility
> to do it either, with the added bonus you can do it with any source
> type, not just RPG.  I did one many years ago which handles both pre &
> post compile commands (with either continuation or cancel when errors
> occur), compile overrides, etc.  And works with RPG, CL, DDS, etc.

That's nice... but then outside consultants who work on our system
wouldn't be familiar with them.  New programmers we hire wouldn't be
familiar.  If I send my code to someone else (such as demonstrating a
technique in this e-mail forum) then they wouldn't be able to run them
without installing my special precompiler.

Yes, I know... I can teach outside people about the utility. I can teach
new programmers. I can remove the precompile stuff before distributing my
code.

But, if IBM included these things with the compilers, I wouldn't have to.