RE: It's That Time Again! The 2002 RPG Enhancement Poll

["Bartell, Aaron L. (TC)" <ALBartell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I was surprised that there wasn't a vote spot for qualifying sub procedures.
As RPG moves more towards a PC/OO language all the time, and with the use of
ILE on the rise I think that would be a top priority.

Here is an example of what I am talking about:
Let's say I have two modules -- CUSTOMER and ITEM.  Within both of them I
have a sub procedure named getDescription.

Currently I have to code my programs like the following if I want to use
both of those sub procedures:

eval    custDescription = getCustDesc(1234)
eval    itemDescription = getItemDesc('HAT')

I would like to be able to do this:

eval custDescription = CUSTOMER.getDescription(1234)
eval itemDescription = ITEM.getDescription('HAT')

Does anybody else see a great benefit to this or am I the only one.  I have
included this request on the bottom of my ballot.  What are the chances of
personal requests getting into the language this next round?

Aaron Bartell