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On 21/07/2008, at 5:55 AM, M. Lazarus wrote:

I have run into this limitation, and would very much like IBM to
add in OR capability to compiler directives.

Perhaps we need to open a DCR?

Aren't the LOOKUPxx / TLOOKUPxx opcodes far more egregious than the
TRIMx opcodes, when it comes to implementation?


They certainly extend the ugliness but I think the rot started with % TRIMx. Once that sort of design error has been made it becomes easier to perpetuate it. I concede that %TLOOKUP may add some documentation value (i.e., obvious that you're processing a TABLE) but the various xx variants could have been replaced with a parameter selecting *EQ, *GT, etc.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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