RE: Binding question...

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

Okay, my last paragraph should have read:

Bind by copy is when you are doing a bound call to a procedure in a
module that has been copied into the executable (program or service
program).

Bob Cozzi
cozzi@rpgiv.com
Visit the on-line  Midrange  Developer  forum at: http://www.rpgiv.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com]
On
> Behalf Of Bob Cozzi (RPGIV)
> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 8:46 AM
> To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: Binding question...
>
> No you do not have them correct.
>
> There is:
>
> Dynamic Binding, which is what we do "today" and "yesterday" with the
> CALL operation. That is a program-to-program call is considered
"Dynamic
> Binding".
> Whereas a call to a procedure (for lack of a better word) is a bound
> call, referred to as "Static Binding".
>
> Within the Bound Call, you have bind by reference and bind by copy as
> you put it. Bind by reference is a Bound call to a procedure in a
> service program--to a procedure that is not physically copied into the
> executable (be it a program or service program).
>
> Bind by copy is when the procedure you are doing a bound call to a
> procedure in a module that has been copied into the executable
(program
> or service program).
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Bob Cozzi
> cozzi@rpgiv.com
> Visit the on-line  Midrange  Developer  forum at: http://www.rpgiv.com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com
[mailto:rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com]
> On
> > Behalf Of The TrekTeam
> > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 7:10 PM
> > To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
> > Subject: Binding question...
> >
> > Just a quick question to clairify a confusion...
> >
> > Are the following two statements true, or do I have them backwards?
> >
> > Dynamic Binding =  Bind by reference
> > Static Binding      =  Bind by copy
> >
> > TIA,
> > Capt.j
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries (RPG400-L)
mailing
> list
> > To post a message email: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
> > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/rpg400-l
> > or email: RPG400-L-request@midrange.com
> > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
> > at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries (RPG400-L) mailing
list
> To post a message email: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
> visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/rpg400-l
> or email: RPG400-L-request@midrange.com
> Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
> at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l.