Re: Use of IMPORT with lower case variables

Tim McCarthy wrote:
> 
> I have an annoying little problem I've run into before but never
> resolved. How can I import a lower case named variable defined in a C
> module into an RPG program? Since RPG converts names to upper case I get
> an error at link time. The manual states that the keyword EXTNAME can be
> used with IMPORT but...IMPORT must be used on a field definition and
> EXTNAME is not allowed for a field definition.!!

This was changed on V4rx i think, I had the same problem, but found that
the IMPORT does now allow lowercase import names (the case is preserved
at compile time)

V3rx doesn't do it or at least my copy of v3r2 & v3r7)

--phil


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