RE: Odd failure when running a RPG program -- RNX9998 "Internalfailure in compiler or subroutine." -- RPG400-L

Subject: RE: Odd failure when running a RPG program -- RNX9998 "Internalfailure in compiler or subroutine."
From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 16:03:17 -0500
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> From: David Gibbs
> 
> Folks:
> 
> I'm getting a very odd failure when running a ILE RPG program.
> 
> I'm getting a MCH3601 error, which normally indicates to me that there
> is a parameter mismatch ... but immediately after I am getting a
RNX9998
> "Internal failure in compiler or subroutine.", which I have never
gotten
> before.

Normally this means you walked over some code.  You almost never saw
this type of error before the days when IBM gave us pointers.  Now, a
bad basing pointer or a mismatched length and POOF you've wiped out some
internal table and the program goes belly up.

Joe

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