== Why is this an issue?

Free-format syntax is preferred because it is clearer, easier to write, and easier for newcomers to the language than fixed-format syntax. 


=== Noncompliant code example

[source,rpg]
----
     C                   IF        A > 10
     C                   EVAL      B = 1
     C                   ENDIF
----


=== Compliant solution

[source,rpg]
----
      /free
        if A > 10;
          B = 1;
        endif;
      /end-free
----


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'''
== Implementation Specification
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=== Message

Convert this calculation block to free-form syntax.


'''
== Comments And Links
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=== on 15 Dec 2014, 13:46:44 Ann Campbell wrote:
assigned to you for approval

=== on 15 Dec 2014, 14:17:18 Pierre-Yves Nicolas wrote:
Looks good to me.

I guess that rule should be fired for a block of lines of code rather than for individual lines. If that's the case, then we may have to use a linear remediation function.

=== on 15 Dec 2014, 14:49:53 Ann Campbell wrote:
Linear with offset based on the number of lines? What do you think [~pierre-yves.nicolas]? 

5 min + 5min/line ?


For the noncompliant code example, that works out to 20min...

=== on 15 Dec 2014, 16:59:31 Pierre-Yves Nicolas wrote:
Ok. We should probably update the message to make it clear that the issue is on a block.

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