RE: RPGV?

["Dennis Lovelady" <iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>   BIF's are not subject to the lack of overloading support in
> RPG.  Plus, this would just expand what is allowed as the result of
> the operation.  Since this functionality is already part of the fixed
> format opcode, the hard part has already been done!

Really?  What makes you say that?  Can you show me an example of this?  What
%BIF returns different data types depending upon how it is used?  'Cuz I
cannot think of any like that.

>   I'm curious as to why the free format version is restricted to a
> numeric variable, instead of allowing an array as the result.

I suspect (and "suspect" is a keyword here) that the difference lies in the
fact that one is a *Function*, falling under the rules and conditions of
function definitions, and the other is an operation code, which might, by
its very nature, have much more "open" rules.


Dennis Lovelady
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