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On Apr 16, 2021, at 10:29 PM, John Yeung <gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
7.3
ILE RPG runtime: SI76098 - you need this PTF on any 7.3 system where you
run a program with %LOWER, %UPPER, or %SPLIT
ILE RPG compiler: SI76100
Interesting. So you need to patch the runtime as well. Is this normal?
I don't recall other language updates mentioning runtime PTFs, only
compiler PTFs.
Notably, the RPG Cafe entry for the FOR-EACH, IN, %LIST, and %RANGE
bundle doesn't mention any runtime PTFs:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6342821
Those strike me as more substantive changes. If anything, I would have
expected those to require an updated runtime. %LOWER, %UPPER, and
%SPLIT seem like functions that a competent and motivated RPG
programmer could implement themselves, and many *have* implemented
their own DIY versions. Granted, the DIY ones are almost always vastly
more rudimentary than these BIFs (for example, a lot of native-English
shops wouldn't bother to handle accented characters). But
conceptually, these still seem very achievable with the preexisting
runtime. Is it naive of me to think that?
John Y.
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