Re: CL STG(*DEFINED) Problem.

[Alan Campin <alan0307d@xxxxxxxxx>]

IBM has some bug in the debugger. Even if you get the defines to work, they
will not show up in the debugger. Just a gotcha.

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Simon Coulter <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> On 27/02/2009, at 10:11 AM, frank kolmann wrote:
>
> > What I am asking is what did I do wrong with the new CL code.
> > The archives mention using %OFS but I dont see how to use %OFS here.
> >
> > PS.  I realise this is the RPG list but I figure you guys would be
> > best
> > qualified to help with this question.
>
> Should still have asked it on the proper list.
>
> Two problems I see immediately:
>
>        1) DEFVAR uses position: position = offset + 1
>
>        2) Can't have a variable as both PARM and *DEFINED or *BASED
>
> And what do you think
>        RTNWID:     CHGVAR &RTNWIDTH  &RTNWIDTH
> is going to do?
>
> Most straight-forward fix is to define a new variable &SPLWIDTH as
> *DEFINED on &DS at the correct position and then copy that value into
> the return value.
>
> Regards,
> Simon Coulter.
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