RE: CL arithmetic -- conclusion

[Scott Mildenberger <Smildenber@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Actually, I have eliminated CL almost completely for new coding.  I am using
the C function 'system' to make any command calls that I need to make from
within my RPG program.  I have put the call into a function in a service
program and it returns the 7 character message id if there was an error on
the command.  So I can do something like:

c                       eval    error_msg = syscall('addlible newlib')
c                       if      error_msg <> *blanks
c       error_msg       dsply 
c                       endif

I do believe it makes it much better to have the system calls within the
RPG.  That way if there is a OVRQRYF or something needed prior to opening a
file then it is right there in the code instead of having to rely on a
comment that may or may not be there.  Another benefit I have found is that
the function 'system' runs in the same activation group as the RPG that
calls it so I don't have to spend as much time making sure my overrides are
scoped properly.

Scott Mildenberger

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rbrightman@amclog.com [SMTP:rbrightman@amclog.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 6:05 AM
> To:   RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      CL arithmetic -- conclusion
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks for everyones input! From the gist of all the emails I've concluded
> that
> Hans and the gang have not developed CL into a more versitile language for
> a
> reason. I think that now with object oriented coding we now can make RPG
> the
> main driver and call CL for overrides, creates,  library list
> manipulations,
> etc. Just think, if we only had a CL call that did "addlible". That Cl
> could be
> called repeatitively from any RPG program. Also, with RPG as the main
> driver the
> appearance of the code is alot prettier. Thoughts and comments are
> welcome!
> 
> Rick
> 
> 
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