Re: Prototype in RPG/ILE

["Peter Dow" <pcdow@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Paul,

Are you saying it's impossible or merely difficult for the compiler to go
find a version of the service program in the library list and check its
procedure interface?

Peter Dow
Dow Software Services, Inc.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Tuohy <tuohyp@attglobal.net>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2000 1:42 AM
Subject: Re: Prototype in RPG/ILE


> Hi Peter,
>
> This would be true if the procedure was coded in the same module. But
since the
> procedure could be coded in a module in a service program, the compiler
> (CRTRPGMOD) won't find the definition of the procedure.
>
> Paul Tuohy
>
> Peter Dow wrote:
>
> > Which tells me that "technically" a prototype is _not_ required, it just
> > makes it easier to write the compiler. A multi-pass compiler could
simply
> > flag the point where it found the function|procedure call, keep going
until
> > it found the definition of the procedure, which includes the procedure
> > interface which has the same information as the prototype. It could then
go
> > back and insert the code for the function|procedure call and make sure
it's
> > being called with the correct parameters.
> >
> > From: Jim Langston <jlangston@conexfreight.com>
> > > Answer: The compiler requires it to compile.
> > <big snip>
>
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