Re: Extract Outline Information

On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 8:25 PM, Vernon Hamberg
<vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yeah, my idea was to get a starting point - you'd have to parse out the
> intricate details.

Honestly, how hard is it to read compile listings, though? You don't
have to know RPG to understand the compile listings, in my opinion.
Personally, I would expect any competent programmer to be able to make
sense of it, especially if given a few tips on where to look, and
maybe a smattering of IBM-specific explanations for things. Certainly,
if you don't already have a tool for it, and don't want to spend
money, it's going to be quicker, easier, and smoother to just educate
the person who needs to read it than to write your own parser.

> There's an option to include PCML or something when compiling - I wonder if
> that'd give you something useful.

I imagine that could help in writing your own tool.  But as mentioned
before, still not easier than a few minutes of explanation.

John Y.