CHECK_100 - Downport, no new syntax (prior to ABAP 7.40)

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These rules help developers to identify new syntax whenever they need to downport their ABAP code to older ABAP versions (prior to ABAP 7.40).

Inline Declarations

• DATA(itab)
• FIELD-SYMBOL()

https://help.sap.com/doc/abapdocu_754_index_htm/7.54/en-US/index.htm?file=abendata_inline.htm

Constructor Operators

• NEW #( … )
• VALUE #( … )
• CAST #( … )
• CONV #( … )
• REF #( … )
• CORRESPONDING #( … )
• EXACT #( … )
• REDUCE #( … )
• FILTER #( … )
• COND #( … )
• SWITCH #( … )

https://help.sap.com/doc/abapdocu_754_index_htm/7.54/en-US/index.htm?file=abenconstructor_expressions.htm

Iteration Expressions

• ( FOR … UNTIL

  WHILE …

  … IN … … )

• LOOP AT itab GROUP BY …

https://help.sap.com/doc/abapdocu_754_index_htm/7.54/en-US/index.htm?file=abenfor_conditional.htm https://help.sap.com/doc/abapdocu_754_index_htm/7.54/en-US/index.htm?file=abaploop_at_itab_group_by.htm

String Templates

• lv_string =

  …

  &&

  …

https://help.sap.com/doc/abapdocu_754_index_htm/7.54/en-US/index.htm?file=abenstring_templates.htm

Built-in Functions

• line_exists( itab )
• line_index( itab )
• TODO: include more built-in functions

https://help.sap.com/doc/abapdocu_754_index_htm/7.54/en-US/index.htm?file=abenbuilt_in_functions_overview.htm

Table Expressions

• itab[ … ]

https://help.sap.com/doc/abapdocu_754_index_htm/7.54/en-US/index.htm?file=abentable_expressions.htm

ABAP OpenSQL

• TODO: no rule was added so far

https://help.sap.com/doc/abapdocu_754_index_htm/7.54/en-US/index.htm?file=abenopensql.htm

ABAP Constants

• abap_bool
• abap_true
• abap_false
• abap_undefined

https://help.sap.com/doc/abapdocu_754_index_htm/7.54/en-US/index.htm?file=abendataobjects_true_value_guidl.htm

Chained Statements

• class=>method( )->method( )
• class->method( )->method( )

https://help.sap.com/doc/abapdocu_754_index_htm/7.54/en-US/index.htm?file=abenchained_statements_guidl.htm

Pragmas

• class=>method( )->method( )
• class->method( )->method( )

https://help.sap.com/doc/abapdocu_754_index_htm/7.54/en-US/index.htm?file=abenpragma.htm

Assignment Operators

• lv_data += 1.
• lv_data -= 1.
• lv_data *= 1.
• lv_data /= 1.
• lv_data &&= ‘Hello’.

https://help.sap.com/doc/abapdocu_754_index_htm/7.54/en-US/index.htm?file=abencalculation_assignment_glosry.htm

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