RE: New Built-in function needed

["Bob Cozzi \(RPGIV\)" <cozzi@xxxxxxxxx>]

Oh? So you mean I could just do OFLIND(INVOFL) where INVOFL is an "N"
data type? That would be nice, and I'll use it, thank you! But I'd still
like the overflow built-in...

Bob Cozzi
cozzi@rpgiv.com
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of boldt@ca.ibm.com
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 2:36 PM
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> Subject: Re: New Built-in function needed
>
> Bob wrote:
> >Hey, IBM.
> >After spending the day converting some old code to more modern
looking
> >RPG IV, I've found that we really need an "Overflow" built-in
function.
> >Something like:  %OVERFLOW or %OFLOW(printfname) (I supposed just
%OF()
> >would be good enough too.)
> >That way I would be able to check for an overflow condition without
> >specifying the OFLIND(*INOF)  keyword on the F spec.
>
> Hey Bob!
>
> If you're looking for more readable code, then you should code
> the name of an indicator variable as the parameter for keyword
> OFLIND.  Maybe it's not as nice as a %OFL BIF, but it's
> something you can do now (in V5R1).  Who knows when a new BIF
> might be added to the language!
>
> Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com
>
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