RE: RNF3316 compile error

That worked.
Good thing no one was in the office to see me do the happy dance.
I may not post a lot on these mailing list but I get a lot out of them.
Keep up the good work!!!


Kerwin



-----Original Message-----
From: Don Brown [mailto:DBrown@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2019 9:22 PM
To: RPG programming on IBM i <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: RNF3316 compile error

Your memory is pretty good Joe,

This would need to be put in each copy module and once the first definition is processed the conditioning variable will be defined so the second occurrence will be skipped.



Don Brown



From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: 19/07/2019 12:07 PM
Subject: Re: RNF3316 compile error
Sent by: "RPG400-L" <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>



Typically with a duplicate definition you can use a /DEFINE and /IF NOT DEFINED to prevent the duplication.

I'm writing from memory here, but it would be something like this:

/IF NOT DEFINED(MYVAR_DEFINED)
/DEFINE MYVAR_DEFINED
dcl-s MyVar char(10);
/ENDIF

This is the free-format version, but the same idea applies to fixed-format.


On 7/18/2019 8:35 PM, Kerwin Crawford via RPG400-L wrote:

I have a program that has a /copy to include definitions for a bunch of

data structures and fields.

I need to include another /copy to include some other definitions for

another function.

Both of these /copy have a field defined. They are defined the same

char(10).

When I compile I get 'RNF3316 The item has already been defined on a

Definition Specification; specification is ignored.'

But if you look at the listing 'Compilation stopped. Severity 30 errors

found in program.'

I looked at changing the GENLVL on the compile option but 20 is as high

as you can go.

I cannot change the either /copy easily.

Do you know of any ways to get the program to compile?

Leaning towards changing one of the /copy files. Bummer.

TIA

Kerwin Crawford