Re: Use of IMPORT with lower case variables

[Phil Hall <hallp@xxxxxxxx>]

I have no trouble with;

D ffff                  I 10 0 Import('anyCaseVar')

on V4R2

How are you using it ?

--phil


Tim McCarthy wrote:
> 
> No, I've tried this on V4R3.
> 

> > >
> > > I have an annoying little problem I've run into before but never
> > > resolved. How can I import a lower case named variable defined in a
> > C
> > > module into an RPG program? Since RPG converts names to upper case I
> > get
> > > an error at link time. The manual states that the keyword EXTNAME
> > can be
> > > used with IMPORT but...IMPORT must be used on a field definition and
> > > EXTNAME is not allowed for a field definition.!!
> >
> > This was changed on V4rx i think, I had the same problem, but found
> > that
> > the IMPORT does now allow lowercase import names (the case is
> > preserved
> > at compile time)
> >
> > V3rx doesn't do it or at least my copy of v3r2 & v3r7)
> >
> > --phil

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