Most of the fall 2025 enhancements for RPG are available now

The following enhancements are available with PTFs:

- New date formats *DMYY, *MDYY, *YYMD, similar to *EUR, *USA, *ISO, but 
the new formats allow all the usual separators. They can't be used for 
definitions; they can only be used with %CHAR, %DATE, %DEC, MOVE, MOVEL, 
TEST.

- Implicit CCSID conversion for the string built-in functions.

   dcl-s name varchar(25) ccsid(*utf8);
   p = %scan('.' : name); // Formerly not allowed (different CCSIDs)

- Diagnostic messages in the compiler give the whole name (up to 100 
characters)
   For this line:
       5      if medication_dose > max_dose(medication_type);

   Before, the error message would be
       RNF7030 The name or indicator MEDICAT... is not defined.
   Now, the error message is
       RNF7030 The name or indicator MEDICATION_DOSE is not defined.

PTFs:
   7.5 TGTRLS(*CURRENT): 5770WDS SJ08064
   7.6 TGTRLS(*CURRENT): 5770WDS SJ08065
   7.6 TGTRLS(V7R5M0): 5770WDS SJ08092

The enhancement to define a variable like an enum is not available yet. 
There will be later PTFs.

See the announcement in the RPG Cafe:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1106229#announcement

-- 
Barbara


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