Buck --
I agree with your statement " Unless you have a very complete
understanding of the side effects
of each of your MOVE statements, i.e. source and target sizes and types,
the automation of MOVE to EVAL could prove an unpleasant learning
experience."
A really smart conversion tool should be able to figure all that out. If
there were more than one choice is could present all the choices and even
link to some documentation. Or LPEX ... why can't it do more for RPG as
the Eclipse Java editor does? I know the answer, time and money.
Rhetorical question.
Talk about ugly ... a 3000+ line program that started 10 years ago as RPG
III then got some EVALS then free form all in the same subroutine. There
is so much of it, and there is so much to do, that it won't be converted
by hand.
All and all, until I find a really smart conversion tool I will the
conversion by hand.
Thanks
BillB
"Buck" <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx>
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Some opcodes, such MOVE, MOVEL
Does anyone have suggestion on tools to
convert code with these statements?
It's a controversial stance, but I strongly oppose using a tool for
this. Unless you have a very complete understanding of the side effects
of each of your MOVE statements, i.e. source and target sizes and types,
the automation of MOVE to EVAL could prove an unpleasant learning
experience.
If you must convert MOVE to free form, consider doing it by hand. In my
opinion, automatically converted code is just as ugly as fixed-form code
jammed into the middle of free format. Others don't share that opinion,
which is probably a good thing.
--buck
midrange.com
