Re: Import a DS in a CLLE ?

[mlazarus <mlazarus@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Francois,

 That is not real DS support.

1) That method brings in the individual fields, but you can't use it as 
a DS.  IOW, CHGVAR &yourExtDS &yourExtDS1 will not work.

2) It takes up a DCLF slot, which is undesirable.

 -mark

On 1/21/2020 8:39 AM, Francois Lavoie wrote:
> David,
>
> There is already Data Structure support in a CLP/CLLE with DCLF FILE(yourExtDS)   // All DSs should be externally defined, but that's another debate...
>
> What is missing is the possibility to IMPORT(myExportedDS) parameter on the DCLF to have the fields initialized with the values of the exported DS
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RPG400-L<rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  On Behalf Of David G via RPG400-L
> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2020 17:40
> To: RPG programming on IBM i<rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: David G<david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Import a DS in a CLLE ?
>
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 3:42 PM Vernon Hamberg<vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>    
> > I think an RFE would be good, not sure it would be prioritized, but if
> > you get lots of votes from all your relatives and everyone in your
> > hometown...   :)
> >      
>
> I logged an RFE for CL data structure support.
>
> https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=134466
>
> David
>
>