Re: Outline view falsely reports zoned I-spec fields as packed

[Barbara Morris <bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2014-10-25 10:50, Vernon Hamberg wrote:
> My main issue is that the RPG reference says that in an i-spec, if the
> type is blank and decimals are specified, that it is zoned - now I
> understand that this gets converted to packed.
>
> So if you have this
>
> myfile    ns  01
>                                    1    3 0fld1
>
> then fld1 is zoned - but RDi 9.1 reports that it is packed 5,0 - it
> should be zoned 3,0 - I do see that the compile listing says it is
> packed 3,0 - NOT 5,0

fld1 is zoned(3,0) in the input buffer.

The program field, the actual "fld1" in your program that you can use in 
calculations etc, will still be (3,0), but it might be packed, zoned, 
binary, or integer. The specific internal format depends on whether (or 
how) you code the field in D specs.