Re: enhancement idea for ILE RPG IV free-form

["John McKay" <jmckay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would change the entry in column 6 - instead of C, perhaps M as the last 
character in form...

This would eliminate  the /free diectives and retain compatibility with 
other statement types.


Regards,
John McKay   mba
ww.rpglanguage.com
www.mckaysoftware.ie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "R Bruce Hoffman" <bruce.hoffman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "RPG programming on the IBM i / System i" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: enhancement idea for ILE RPG IV free-form


> The C is not required in column 6 for fixed format.
> There's a _lot_ of code out there in fixed format that doesn't have the
> C in column 6.
>
>
> Steve Richter wrote:
> > On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Mark S. Waterbury
> > <mark.s.waterbury@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello, all:
> > >
> > > I want to see what the group thinks of this idea...
> > >
> > > Instead of having to code /free and /end-free, to drop into free form
> > > and back out again, why not just let the compiler make the decision, on
> > > a line-by-line basis, depending on the presence of the "C" in the column
> > > (for C-specs)? If the "C" is there, treat the line as fixed format. If
> > > there is a blank in that column, then we are in /free format.
> >
> > a pre compiler could do this. If the market wanted the feature a 3rd
> > party would have provided it.  ( just a way to phrase the issue )
> >
> > -Steve
>
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