Re: Naming /copy prototype members.

Hi Rob,
Since you are talking about prototypes for external programs, I would recommend
that you:-

    - have one member per prototype
    - place the prototype member in a different source file (QPROTOSRC or
whatever)
    - give the member the same name as will be used on the CallP.

Just to explain the last bit.

Your prototype will need the EXTPGM keyword to identify an external call. So 
your
example should be

D XYZ123          PR                    EXTPGM('XYZ123')
D  PhoneNbr                     15A
D  Faxing#                      30A

But, since you are using this keyword, you can give the procedure a more
meaningful name

D PhoneNos        PR                    EXTPGM('XYZ123')
D  PhoneNbr                     15A
D  Faxing#                      30A

So the call would be CallP      PhoneNos(Phone:Fax)

HTH

Paul Tuohy

rob@dekko.com wrote:

> Ok, so I decide I want to create prototypes for external programs.  I want
> to use /copy.  I thought of having a separate member for each programs
> prototype.  If I do this what should the member name be?  Or is this
> something better handled by Conditional Compilation?
>
> For example, let's say we have the program XYZ123.  And this program had:
> C     *ENTRY        PLIST
> C                   PARM                    PHONE            15
> C                   PARM                    FAX#             30
>
> Now I change this to:
> D XYZ123          PR
> D  PhoneNbr                     15A
> D  Faxing#                      30A
>  * Replaces *ENTRY PLIST
> D XYZ123          PI
> D  Phone                        15A
> D  Fax#                         30A
>
> Now, to make this easier for other developers do I move
> D XYZ123          PR
> D  PhoneNbr                     15A
> D  Faxing#                      30A
> to another member, perhaps named XYZ123P, and end up with
> /copy mylib/qrpglesrc,xyz123p
>  * Replaces *ENTRY PLIST
> D XYZ123          PI
> D  Phone                        15A
> D  Fax#                         30A
>
> Or is it better to leave the PR in XYZ123 and use conditional compilation
> to just pull in the prototype?  If so, how?
>
> I try to put the comment * Replaces *ENTRY PLIST, in there for the people
> who scan for this.
>
> Rob Berendt
>
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