Re: Bitwise ops in RPG (was: Re: Determining *DS4 support)

Douglas Handy wrote:

>>This begs the question:  What syntax would you prefer for bitwise
>>operations?

>Did you realize that V4R2 (or so) added MI builtins 
>which, for all practical purposes, already give you 
>the equivalent function with nearly identical syntax
>to the BIF version aside from the name?  

Aaack!  I missed Barbara's code!  I searched the archives but couldn't find
any related MI built-in code.  I hit the C MI manual (V4R4) and could not
find any reference to XOR.  

I deal with telephone switch data, so I have a Real Live Legitimate Business
Need for bitwise operators!  But, because I have that need, I've already
coded my way around it, so I agree that it is low on my priority list.  The
main reason I'd like a BIF is that I don't need to hard-code the number of
operands for OR and XOR.

(Yeah I know I can use *OMIT and check the parameters, but I did those
prototypes before that support was added...  I already have legacy RPG IV
code!)

Buck Calabro
Aptis; Albany, NY
"Nothing is so firmly believed as
 that which we least know" -- Michel Montaigne
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