Re: CF-Spec - another call for opinions

[Dave Mahadevan <mahadevan@xxxxxxxx>]

Bob Cozzi wrote:

>
>
> If you really need to use #, perhaps we should require that all opcode names
> begin with @ and all field names begin with # that way procedure names could
> begin with any other symbol, and built-in functions would begin with %.
> Hans would be able to write the CF-spec stuff parser even faster.  Hey, why
> not just port the Spreadsheet language (ala VisiCalc) to the AA/400 and call
> it RPG IV with CF-specs.  :)
>

Talking about variable names, can we drop that silly requirement that variable
has to start with A-Z,$,#,@ and allow numbers in the first position of the field
name?  Also special characters in field names?  I get the feeling the compiler
checks the first character in the field name to fix it as a field?


--
Thank You.

Regards

Dave Mahadevan.. mailto:mahadevan@fuse.net


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