preprocessor-findings 9.10

[asatklichov]

• 1. Builtin datetime is not recognized, typo - DATEIME (Fix SQL builtins errors #430)

• 2. ENTRYsupport in preprocessor e.g. (Support macro parse of ENTRY attribute #440)
  %dcl x(2) fixed entry; same as in , entry support in preprocessor statements #411

• 3. Validation is missing in %DECLARE statement, e.g.

%dcl A(4) FIXED INTERNAL RESCAN SCAN; /*must be one option, not both */
%dcl (b), (c), b(lbound(2):5) fixed fixed internal internal;  /*must be not be repeatable */
%dcl (b),(c), b(lbound(2):5) fixed,(m), (n),b(lbound(2):5) fixed fixed; /*must be not be repeatable */

• 4. has issues with LABEL definition, can not be closed with END; (Refactor preprocessor parser #427)

%DECLARE I FIXED BIN(31);
  
 %LOOP: DO I=1 TO 5;  
   PUT LIST ('ITER', I);
 %END LOOP; /*error, spec page 620 */

or another example

%DECLARE I FIXED BIN(31);
 
%LOOP: DO I=1 TO 5;  
  PUT LIST ('ITER', I);
%LOOP: END LOOP; /*error, spec page 620 */

• 5. Wrong interpretation of SKIPPING (Fix comparison operation in macro interpreter #433)

• 6. Once 'NOT' compiler option used with '¬' and in code we use '!', it does not report error, or it shows misleading error (Update NOT compiler option #435)

%PROCESS OR('|'), NOT ('¬') ; /* NOT ('!');*/

or misleading error 'Character '!' with decimal value 33 does not belong to the PL/I character set. It will be ignored'

[ssmifi]

Regarding 6: I believe OR and NOT are working on the current dev branch. If they aren’t behaving as expected, could you clarify?
Edit: NOT should not accept two characters. Will fix.