R: [COBOL400-L] ILE cobol / C procedure call

["Finucci Domenico" <Domenico.Finucci@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Please, Jared, send the syntax of CALL statement you used.
Sincerelty

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-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: jared [mailto:jhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Inviato: venerdì 23 luglio 2004 23.08
A: C400 List; cobol400 list
Oggetto: [COBOL400-L] ILE cobol / C procedure call


I'm trying to compile a COBOL program that CALLs a C procedure and uses
the RETURNING clause, but I keep getting the following compile error:

---
 Message . . . . :   A CALL statement expected a return value from a
   program that does not return a value or visa versa.
---

So first of all, the C procedure is declared to return int.  But since I'm
compiling the COBOL into one module, compiling the C procedure into a
service program, and binding the modules later on...how is the COBOL
compiler supposed to know anything at all about whether or not my
C procedure returns a value?!?  Is there a COBOL section for defining such
things?

This is all undertaken as a workaround, btw, since I still haven't gotten
the RETURN-CODE special register to reflect my C return values.

Have a good weekend, everyone-

-Jared

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