Re: New Idea about Rpg program, copy members and RDI

As stated "routines and functions".

Sometimes it's not possible to put everything in service programs.

About ILE understanding: We mainly use service programs but, not being
Zealots, we also occasionally use local functions in programs (*PGM).

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Il giorno mer 10 dic 2025 alle ore 17:19 Charles Wilt <
charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx> ha scritto:

Why would you have functions in a /COPY member?

I mean, I've seen it done by people that don't understand ILE in code I've
inherited...

But IMHO, it's a very bad practice.

Charles

On Wed, Dec 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM Marco Facchinetti <
marco.facchinetti@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Cross posted in Wdsc list.

In an effort to reduce duplicate code between similar programs with
different purposes, we use copy members to contain the common parts.

These

include definitions, but also routines and functions.
When editing copy members, the content assistant doesn't work because it
doesn't have the context. Hence the idea of being able to edit copy

members

directly in the main source code:

https://ibm-power-systems.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/IBMI-I-4740

Best regards
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Marco Facchinetti

Mr S.r.l.

Tel. 035 962885
Cel. 393 9620498

Skype: facchinettimarco
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