Re: enhancement idea for ILE RPG IV free-form

I wish any C-specs starts with a C in position 6, no matter it is in fixed
or free format.

No matter how many lines your specification requires, as long as the first
line of that specification starts with the traditional C in position 6.

And drop the closing semi-colon.

With regards,
Carel Teijgeler


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On 22-5-2009 at 14:37 Mark S. Waterbury wrote:

Hello, all:

I want to see what the group thinks of this idea...

Instead of having to code /free and /end-free, to drop into free form and

back out again, why not just let the compiler make the decision, on

a line-by-line basis, depending on the presence of the "C" in the column

(for C-specs)? If the "C" is there, treat the line as fixed format. If

there is a blank in that column, then we are in /free format.

This would make it much easier to intermix fixed-format statements and

free-form statements, as and when needed, and also would just make the

code look better, as all of those (meaningless, except to the compiler)

/free and /end-free statements can be eliminated.

Should we all start opening DCRs for this? :-)