Re: STRDBG giving wrong data

[boldt@xxxxxxxxxx]

Dean wrote:
>Perhaps Hans can expound on the underlying technical reasons for this
>long-time and _ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS_ behavior of long RPG parameters
passed
>from CL (an explanation of 15 and 5 numerics would be nice, as well).
It's
>been going on since the advent of the AS/400, and the only way to fix it
is
>to check the last position of the first parameter in the CL program prior
to
>building the second, and inserting an "X" or some such in that position if
it
>is blank...

Hey, ask me an easy question, like "What are next Wednesdays
lottery numbers?"

I believe the CL parameter passing protocols go back to the
S/38.  RPG III in those ancient days supported only 15 digit
numerics, which partially explains things.

Perhaps the reason for the behavior was to encourage
programmers to implement command interfaces for all
user-callable programs.

Cheers!  Hans

Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com


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