Re: RDi 9.0.0.1 parser not handling extdesc keyword correctly.

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Kurt,

I'm not saying it isn't valid syntax...

But it doesn't make sense for the RDi outline parser to treat it as literal
without actually having the quotes there.

That's what was weird.  The fields/record name being pulled in was from
KORITDOR_2 even though I didn't have the quotes.

Charles


On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 4:29 PM, Anderson, Kurt <KAnderson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Your ExtDesc is valid syntax.  But since you didn't make it a literal, the
> compiler thinks it's a variable.  So when you tried to compile, it couldn't
> find the variable it was referring to.  Though maybe you already realize
> that.
>
> It would make sense for the verifier to pick up the error.   Another
> common compile-time error missed by the verifier is having the wrong
> program name on the PI for the program.  (If my program name is ProgramB
> and I copied my source from ProgramA and did not change the PI to ProgramB,
> the verifier won't pick up the error, but a compile will.)
>
>
> Kurt Anderson
> Sr. Programmer/Analyst - Application Development, Service Delivery Platform
>
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> To: Websphere Development Studio Client for iSeries
> Subject: [WDSCI-L] RDi 9.0.0.1 parser not handling extdesc keyword
> correctly.
>
> Had a file defined as so:
> FKORITDOR  UF A E           K DISK    extdesc(KORITDOR_2)
> F                                     extfile(*EXTDESC)
> F                                     rename(KORITDOR_2:KORITDO1)
>
> RDi was perfectly happy with it.  Live and static parser both showed the
> file and fields properly in the outline.
>
> However, my CRTBNDRPG failed with an error
> RNF2572 - The parameter for the EXTDESC keyword is not valid
>
> You have to quote the file name since it's a literal in this case...
>
> FKORITDOR  UF A E           K DISK    extdesc('KORITDOR_2')
> F                                     extfile(*EXTDESC)
> F                                     rename(KORITDOR_2:KORITDO1)
>
> Any of the IBM's on this list want to confirm that this is not a known
> issue and I should open an APAR?
>
> Thanks!
> Charles
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