Re: Procedure Problem

["Scott Klement" <infosys@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jon.Paris@halinfo.it wrote:
>
> The benefit of Varsize is that a generic routine such as the "Center
>  one here
> can accept any length of parameter from 1 to 256 characters.  Get ri
>  of Varsize
> and the parm always has to be 256 long.

No, he had his input parm specified as CONST...  So, in this
situation, his input variable could've been any length.
therefore.. I asked him what the point of specifying options(*varsize)
was.

>
>  >> Third, if you do want to use options(*varsize) you could use an
>  operational
> descriptor to get the string length, and then make sure that you onl
>  reference
> that length of data...
>
> While you could use descriptors they are a pain in the  backside to
>  implement
> and (since the implementation is far from complete - e.g. numerics
>  aren't
> supported) have very limited utility.  Personally I'd pass the lengt
>  of the
> output field to the procedure using %Size.
>
> Also this is a good use for varying length fields together with the
>  keyword
> CONST or VALUE - this would avoid having to pass the length of the
>  input parm.

Yes, this is a good use for varying length fields.  Am I the only
person in the whole world thats still using V3R2?  Everyone seems
to just assume that the new capabilities of V4R2+ are available
on every AS/400...  :(

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