RE: Import in procedure ?

["Nicolay, Paul" <paul_nicolay@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Nathan,

I agree... but I don't decide what the system() function exports, or accepts
as a parameter.

Kind regards,
Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: Nathan M. Andelin [mailto:nandelin@relational-data.com]
Sent: 25 March, 2002 16:32
To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Import in procedure ?


> From: "Nicolay, Paul"
> I now corrected the Import (moved it to module level)
> and it works fine, however I don't see the point of doing
> an Import on a variable which only has a meaning within
> a certain procedure at module level ?

If the variable only has meaning within a procedure, then why do an import?
Why not just use procedure parameters?

I just think of import / export as a simple means of defining shared memory
between modules.  It's a convenient way to share memory between a program
and a service program, for example.

Nathan M. Andelin
www.relational-data.com


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