NL018: Typed variables should be qualified

type: code-smell

priority: minor

Description

Typed variables should always be qualified with their (top) group name to improve readability.

Consider this DEFINE DATA structure:

DEFINE DATA
LOCAL
1 #WORK
2 #MYVAR (N1)
END-DEFINE

Now, this is the correct way to write a MOVE statement:

MOVE 1 TO #WORK.#MYVAR (as opposed to MOVE 1 TO #MYVAR)

This behavior can be configured using the natls.style.disallowtoplevelvars option in the analyzer configuration