RE: RPG-CGI for the AS/400

What I'm saying is that I am using protos but not specifying EXTPROC.  That
way I can define which parms go it.

It would be like prototyping QCMDEXC and having to pass in the command
length.  You don't have to.  This value can be determined inside the
procedure.  So, you only pass the command string, not the length.  It's the
difference of

CALLP           #QCmdExc(Command)
and
CALLP           #QCmdExc(Command:Length)

Now, this is only one parameter, but when you get into the HTTP APIs, there
are more.  Instead of passing 6 or so into QtmhRdStin, you only need to pass
two.

Bradley V. Stone
BVS/Tools
http://www.bvstools.com




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon.Paris@halinfo.it [mailto:Jon.Paris@halinfo.it]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 6:14 PM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: RPG-CGI for the AS/400
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  >> And not using EXTPROC either,
> 
>  You've lost me here Brad - you sound proud of the fact that 
> you didn't use
> protos and I don't understand why. They simplify the call, 
> allow you to use a
> meaningful name, support optional parameters, deal with 
> mismatches in length,
> etc. etc. Do you have something against them?
> 
> 
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