Error when constant is used to specify variable size

[MDagni]

Did you know that you can use constants to specify the size of a char typed variable? The following code generates an error in Abap Cleaner:

report ztest.

constants c_size type i value 10.

data lv_text(c_size) type c.

lv_text = '1234567890'.

This is the error:

[jmgrassau]

Hi Mehmet,

thanks for reporting this bug – this case is indeed not yet considered by the cleanup rule "Make implicit type explicit"!

Kind regards,
Jörg-Michael

[jmgrassau]

Hi Mehmet,

thanks again – I thought I solved this, but I just realized there are more issues connected to this, therefore keeping it open for now!

Kind regards,
Jörg-Michael

[jmgrassau]

Hi Mehmet,

okay, with the next release, these issues should now be resolved:

• "Make implicit type explicit" correctly resolves the implicit types,
• "Rearrange local declarations" now keeps the CONSTANTS before the TYPES (because they are used there),
• "Delete unused variables" recognizes that the constants are used and therefore cannot be commented out:

Thanks again for reporting this!

Kind regards,
Jörg-Michael

[MDagni]

Thank you for solving it quickly 🙂

[jmgrassau]

Hi Mehmet,

thanks a lot – this should now be fixed in version 1.19.3, which was just released!

Kind regards,
Jörg-Michael