Re: ILE RPG field name weirdness

[Adam Glauser <adamglauser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

James Lampert wrote:
> Adam Glauser wrote:
>
> > Is the date structure qualified?  Remember that LIKEDS implies 
> > qualification.
>
> No; the two fields named OFFSET have absolutely nothing to do with each 
> other. The prototype for QtmmSendMail has the relevant parameter defined 
> as "like" the data structure, but that's as close as it gets.

Well, I figured I may as well ask the 'is it plugged in'-type question. 
 I've been caught up by that sort of thing before.


> And what's a LIKEDS, anyway? I don't see it in the manual for the 
> compiler we have here. LIKE, but no LIKEDS.

It looks like it became available at V5R1.  A data structure defined 
with LIKEDS will have the same subfields as the argument to LIKEDS.