RE: Call or Bound Call

[Joel Fritz <JFritz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Makes sense to me.  Just like assigning a float the value of an int.

Guess I need to RTFM. <g>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joep Beckeringh [mailto:joepb@tip.nl]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 12:31 PM
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Call or Bound Call
> 
> 
> Joel,
> 
> Straight from the manual:
> 
> When the keyword CONST is specified, the compiler may copy 
> the parameter to
> a temporary and pass the address of the temporary. Some 
> conditions that
> would cause this are: the passed parameter is an expression 
> or the passed
> parameter has a different format.
> 
> In other words: As long as you supply some sort of numeric 
> expression, the
> compiler makes sure the called program gets it in the 
> prototyped format.
> 
> Joep Beckeringh
> 
> 
> ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
> Van: Joel Fritz <JFritz@sharperimage.com>
> Aan: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
> Verzonden: woensdag 18 augustus 1999 18:46
> Onderwerp: RE: Call or Bound Call
> 
> 
> > Jon,
> >
> > Could you amplify a bit on this.  What _can_ the compiler do for me?
> Could
> > I pass a 5 byte zoned in place of a 7 byte char, or is it 
> the sort of
> thing
> > that C does where you can implicitly typecast assignments 
> from one numeric
> > type to another?
> 
> 
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