Re: Why are DCL statements restricted to where appear -- RPG400-L

Subject: Re: Why are DCL statements restricted to where appear
From: David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 14:33:52 -0500
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On 10/8/2014 1:50 PM, Chris Holko wrote:

Not sure if this is an appropriate question for the list , however I
am curious why DCL specs cannot appear anywhere within the source as
long as they appear before they variable is used

Are you talking about free form RPG DCL-* statements or CLP statements?

If free form RPG, then this list is appropriate.

If you're talking about CLP statements, then MIDRANGE-L (http://mlists.org/midrange-l) would be the appropriate list.

david

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