RE: *omit

[Buck Calabro <buck.calabro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris Bipes wrote:

>P OpenFile        B
>D OpenFile        PI
>D   Error                        1A   OPTIONS(*OMIT)
>D SaveIn01        S              1A
>
>IF        %ADDR(Error) <> *NULL
>or
>IF        Error <> *OMIT

>For passing, or should I say omitting, paramaters on a 
>prototype, which syntax do you like better?  I must say 
>I like the second, which of course is not valid.   
>Can IBM make the compiler smart enough to see the special 
>value *OMIT and check the address of the variable for 
>*NULL behind the scenes?  What do others on this list say?

I like the suggestion.  Either *OMIT or *NOTPASSED or some similar mnemonic.

Buck Calabro
Aptis; Albany, NY
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 that which we least know" -- Michel Montaigne
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