RE: Using *OMIT & *NOPASS

Don't you think coding the "IF %PARMS > 3" style is easier than
requiring, say for example, the caller to code EVAL  X = Myproc('abcd' :
*OMIT : *OMIT : *OMIT)
I'd recommend handling it in the called procedure with %PARMS. Of course
you could do both *NOPASS and *OMIT that way they can skip, say parm 2
and specify parms 3 and 4.

Bob Cozzi
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com]
On
> Behalf Of David Gibbs
> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 9:57 AM
> To: 'RPG400 Mailing List'
> Subject: Using *OMIT & *NOPASS
>
> Folks:
>
> I've got a bit of a quandary... We've been writing a number procedures
that
> have a variable number of parameters.
>
> These procedures, in turn, call other procedures that also have a
variable
> number of parameters.  The two procedures have very similar (if not
> identical) parameter lists ... but the called parameter might call a
> different procedure based on a control file.
>
> I made the erroneous conclusion that if a parameter was not passed,
it's
> address would be set to *NULL (similar to passing *OMIT).
>
> So, the question is ... what is the best way to handle possibility
unpassed
> parameters without having to code a complex structure of "if %parms >
2,
> call w/ 3 params, if %parms > 3, call w/ 4 params", etc?
>
> Here's a quick pseudocode of what we are doing...
>
> Program Z
>
> callp x(a,b)
>
> end pgm z
>
> Proc X (a, b *nopass, c *nopass)
>
> if control file say one thing
>       return Y (a,b,c)
> else
>       return W (a,b,c)
> endif
>
> end proc X
>
> Proc Y (a, b *nopass, c *nopass)
>
> do stuff
>
> end proc Y
>
> Proc W (a, b *nopass, c *nopass)
>
> do other stuff
>
> end proc Y
>
>
> david
>
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