RE: Scope of variables and subprocedures.

Yes Yes Yes.  I have an authorization system based on data queues.  Several
servers processing many input paths.  Now I added a sockets interface that
uses the select() to multiplex.  I had to write 2 programs, one that
communicates with the outside world via sockets and one that waits at a data
queue for the responses from the authorization servers and forwards the data
queue entries to the socket servers via a socket connection.  What a pain.
I would love to be able to wait at a data queue for an incoming socket - in
ONE program..


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-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Klement [mailto:infosys@klements.com]
Sent: Monday, December 13, 1999 4:06 PM
To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Scope of variables and subprocedures.

How about native access to sockets, as long as you're doing IFS :)

and the ability to either use the select() API from sockets with
a display file, or the ability to wait on a data queue for socket
data would be nice.  (right now, its very difficult to multiplex
I/O between screen & sockets...  Writing a telnet type of application
in RPG would currently be difficult)

Its something that I wish for, anyway :)
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