AW: Formal RPG Free Standards

Built-in-Function %FIELDS in composition with OpCode Update is also only
useable in free format.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards

Birgitta Hauser

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Von: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Im
Auftrag von Joep Beckeringh
Gesendet: Monday, 10.9 2012 00:17
An: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i
Betreff: Re: Formal RPG Free Standards

Hi Scott,

Another thing I found that can't be done in fixed format: use XML-INTO with
error extender. It just doesn't fit!

Joep Beckeringh


Op 08-09-12 07:11, Scott Klement schreef:

Hi John,

I understand how you made the mistake.

FWIW -- there are _very_ few things that can be done in free format
that you can't also do in fixed format. (in almost the exact same
way!)

The big advantages to free format are:

1) The ability to indent code (since opcodes, factor1/factor2/result,
etc) don't have to be in particular positions.

2) More space, since you don't waste about 1/2 of each line of code
with unnecessarily blanks. This is the BIGGIE for me... having space
to write things. It was so hard to make expressions fit in the
"extended factor 2" syntax, since you were so limited in space.

The advantage is NOT functionality. Aside from the %FIELDS BIF, I
can't think of anything that you can code in free-format that doesn't
also work in fixed.

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