Re: Free format H, F, D and P specs -- RPG400-L

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Subject: Re: Free format H, F, D and P specs
From: Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 11:15:08 -0500
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Has anyone put this ("remove source line length limits") in as a requirement to IBM?

Simply wrapping the output in the compiler listing is an easy workaround. Or truncating, even... I mean.. to me, the compiler listing is just a quick way of finding the things I missed when writing the code so I could fix them. Just knowing the line/position of the error is really all I need.

On 10/8/2013 11:00 AM, Jack Callahan wrote:

There is a finite limit- printer files can be created with a width of 378
columns in i 7.1. Not advocating going that wide, but there's certainly
room for expansion from 73 characters without wrapping source lines on
compiler listings.

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