Re: Simple RPG question (because the docs are worthless)

ILE RPG Reference page 6-1:

The following table shows the free-form syntax for each operation code.
v Extenders
(A) Always perform a dump, even if DEBUG(*NO) is specified
(A) Sort ascending
(D) Pass operational descriptors on bound call
(D) Date field
(D) Sort descending
(E) Error handling
(H) Half adjust (round the numeric result)
(M) Default precision rules
(N) Do not lock record
(N) Set pointer to *NULL after successful DEALLOC
(N) Do not force data to non-volatile storage
(P) Pad the result with blanks or zeros
(R) "Result Decimal Position" precision rules
(T) Time field
(Z) Timestamp field

If you think the RPG Reference is bad, try the SQL Reference. After that
the RPG Reference is not so bad :-)

Joep Beckeringh
Software architect
Pantheon Automatisering B.V.
Heerenveen

john erps <jacobus.erps@xxxxxxxxx>

20-02-2018 15:10

Subject:

Simple RPG question (because the docs are worthless)

Hi,

What does the "operation extender" M means I know R and H, but not M.

I tried to look into the RPG docs, at opcode "eval" which seems to me a
logical place to document this, but no. The extenders are mentioned but

i

can't find the doc for M (or R or H). When i click "precision rules" i

get

to see doc about "operation extender" R.

Man how bad is the RPG documentation on IBM's site. It's terrible.
How on earth is somebody not already having 20+ years of experience in

RPG

ever going to find some info. A simple function like "half adjust" is
buried as some "operation extender" (instead of a normal half-adjust
function or BIF or whatever), and the doc on this "operation extender" H

is

almost impossible to find.

Pff, the only thing worse would be no doc at all. Terrible.


Sorry for the rant...