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Compiler Directives in Free-form RPG
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Published: 20 Feb 2014
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Compiler Directives in Free-form RPG Published by: TFisher on 20 Feb 2014 view comments(2)

I have been reading up on the free-form RPG that is part of IBM’s Technology Refresh 7. Something that isn’t immediately clear to me is whether or not the /COPY and /INCLUDE compiler directives are going to be allowed or not.  I have read where they only allow /IF, /ELSE, and /ENDIF within a free-form statement.  Is it safe to assume that the other directives can still be used as long as it’s not “within” a free-form statement?  If not, that would be a problem since all our prototypes are stored  outside of our applications.

 

In case you are wondering...I would try it myself, but we don't have everything installed yet to use it.

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Posted by: bobcozzi
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Comment on: Compiler Directives in Free-form RPG
Posted: 10 years 2 months 5 days 22 hours 27 minutes ago

All directives can be used in the updated RPG IV implementation. There is not free vs fixed anymore.

The directives must begin in column 7 or later--no longer restricted to position 7.

The big change is the /IF directives since they can be used to control how code is compiled, they can be used within a statement that spans multiple lines.

Posted by: TFisher
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Posted: 10 years 2 months 5 days 20 hours 35 minutes ago

Thanks Bob!  I thought that was the case, but just wanted to be sure.