Re: "guessing" the parameter type. -- RPG400-L

Subject: Re: "guessing" the parameter type.
From: Hans Boldt <boldt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 08:28:42 -0400
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Jon Paris wrote:

... That's why operational descriptors were introduced as part of ILE.
Unfortunately they were never fully implemented and so we have no mechanism
on the system to do what you want, whether we use just the pointer or
descriptors.

Sadly, I believe operational descriptors *were* fully implemented according to the spec. It's the spec that's woefully lacking.

Ideally, you want some form of data description that can handle all (or most) forms of data that can be specified in all (or most) programming languages. PCML is another attempt to do that, and it too is lacking.

I suppose some private RPG form of data description could be developed. But there really hasn't been any overwhelming ground-swell of demand for improved descriptor functionality.

Cheers! Hans

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