RE: Syntax error help

["Dennis Lovelady" <iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Not sure why user2 would be ambiguous.  I tried this on a V5R3 system and
did not have that result.  Everything seems well (if I use %VAR(user) of
course).

Must be a V6 thing?

Dennis Lovelady
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> Interestingly, the documented code causes the debugger to fail on EVAL
> USER2
> as well as EVAL %VAR(USER2) on a 6.1 system when written in free format
>
> Dprogstat        SDS
> D user                  254    263
> Duser2            s             10    inz(*user)
>  /Free
>    dsply user;
>    dsply user2;
>    *inlr=*on;
>  /End-Free
>
> with CPF7E56 - Identifier is ambiguous
>
> So, while "*This message is no longer issued on R610" it still causes
> problems at 6.1, just slightly differently, depending on how the code
> is
> written...
>
> I'm not sure why USER2 is ambiguous. Anyone any ideas?