Do we still need to do DEFINITION LOAD in ECC 6 EHP4+

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I am adapting RM_FM_EXCEL_TO_INTERNAL_TAB to my needs and I saw the following code:

"Get TAB-sign for separation of fields
CLASS cl_abap_char_utilities DEFINITION LOAD.
ld_separator = cl_abap_char_utilities=>horizontal_tab.

Can you confirm that there is absolutely no need to do the definition load any more, I assume this is some ancient legacy code? I never load class before using static methods or attributes and it appears to work.

trying to get a SAP stack page started, check it out http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/41621/sap-systems-applications-and-products — Jared, Mar 28 '13 at 15:14
Done, been following this for a while. Not sure about the momentum though :\ — tomdemuyt, Mar 28 '13 at 15:32

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 27 '13 at 18:53

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As always, I'd recommend to take the official documentation as a reference:

The variants of the statements CLASS and INTERFACE with the addition LOAD are obsolete. ABAP Compiler ignores these statements.

answered Mar 27 '13 at 18:53

vwegert

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Do we still need to do DEFINITION LOAD in ECC 6 EHP4+

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