Re: Mixing **free, non **free source, and column specific RPGLE

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

From both the ILE RPG Reference and Programmer's Guide is this statement -

Fixed-form code is not allowed in fully free-form source, but 
column-limited source which uses only
columns 6-80 can be included by using the /COPY or /INCLUDE directive.

I did not see anything about having **free in a copy member that is 
listed in free (not **free) or fixed format, I also haven't tried that.

*Regards*

*Vern Hamberg*

IBM Champion 2025 <cid:part1.r5Pr3NsK.eTsQtvyC@centurylink.net> CAAC 
(COMMON Americas Advisory Council) IBM Influencer 2023


On 1/27/2026 3:48 PM, smith5646midrange@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> We have a number of copybooks (mostly D-Spec stuff) that are pulled into
> programs at compile time.  Some are **free format, some are regular free
> format (column 8), and some are old fashioned RPGLE (D in column 6).  I
> haven't seen any issues with these getting mixed together in a program.
> Apparently the compiler is smart enough to handle it but I thought I'd see
> if anyone knew of any issues or anything to be aware of.