Re: Converting characters to hex

[Jim Langston <jimlangston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I believe they are talking about C function calls which are being used as
APIs.  Nothing to do with MI or APIs, but C itself I think.  Yeah, on an
RPG list too, but it really is about RPG, RPG calling the C function using
an API.

Regards,

Jim Langston

Me transmitte sursum, Caledoni!

bvining@vnet.ibm.com wrote:
> 
> Are we talking about APIs here or MI instructions?  If MI instruction
> design is being discussed, then why use that as an example of poor
> design in APIs causing people to give up on APIs?
> 
> Bruce
> 
> >
> > >> So I recommend prototypes for these 2 functions with names like this
> >....
> >
> >Good idea Barbara.  I wonder why they decided to make the length
> >"consistent" by always referring to the number of hex bytes (input or
> >output) - a far more useful method would be to always have the length
> >reflect the length of the input (or even the output!).  It's no wonder a
> >lot of people give up on APIs when they are "designed" like this.
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