RE: *omit

[boldt@xxxxxxxxxx]

Ken wrote:
>Unfortunately %addr() <> *null cannot be used with a procedure parameter
>that is coded as
>CONST OPTIONS(*OMIT)
>The compiler complains because you are not allowed access to the address
of
>a CONST parameter since CONST parameters are not permitted to be modified.
>The compiler should allow a comparison to *null, but it doesn't.
>
>Hans or Barbara, is that something that could be done to the V5R1
compiler,
>to allow the comparison of the address of a CONST parameter to *null to
see
>if has been passed?  A %passed BIF would be even better, that would check
>both the number of parameters and the address, but I'll settle for being
>able to check the address for *null.

Gee, V5R1 may well turn out to be one heck of a popular
release for RPG programmers!

In V5R1, you should be able to compute the address of a
CONST parm.  You won't be able to  assign that value to
anything, but you can at least test the value.

Cheers!  Hans

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

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