Re: Prototyped call question?

[Jon Paris <Jon.Paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 25-Apr-08, at 1:00 PM, rpg400-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Thanks for the responses. I'm new at this (ILE not RPG).  I think I  
> understand more clearly now. There was a binding directory in the H  
> specs. I looked at it, and within one of the bound modules  
> 'program' was defined as a subprocedure.

There were two giveaways.  The absence of an ExtPgm keyword on the  
prototype means that the compiler defaults to ExtProc - this cannot  
be overridden. In fact it would have been treated as ExtPgm 
('PROGRAM').  The second was the N definition for the return value.   
_Only_ a bound procedure can return a value. *PGMs can only "return"  
data via the parameters.

I would strongly suggest changing the name of the dang thing - giving  
a procedure the name of "program" is - to put it politely - just  
plain silly and as you now know - it is the kind of silliness that  
can waste hours!

Jon Paris

www.Partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com