RE: Grrr... signature violation

[Scott Klement <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 3 May 2002, Bartell, Aaron L. (TC) wrote:
>
> <snip>
> No.  Changing the parameters will not change the signature, unless you
> also change the name of the procedure, or change the order, etc.
> </snip>
>
> That's what I said in more words or less.  If you change the parameters, so
> let's say I added one onto the end of a sub procedure, you indirectly change
> the signature because you will now have to create a new version in the
> binder language or recompile all of the programs that were previously
> compiled to the old parameter list to now look at the new parm list.  Or am
> I still off.  I can't see a difference in what I said compared to what you
> said, Scott.

The reason that I don't think you're saying the same thing is that you
say things like this:
     "If you change the parameters, so let's say that I added one onto
      the end of a sub procedure, you indirectly change the signature..."

No.  Adding a parameter does not change the signature.   You don't have
to change the binding language, because parameters aren't in the binding
language.   You don't have to recompile anything but the service program.

If you have this procedure:

     P beat_horse      B                   EXPORT
     D beat_horse      PI
     D   horse_ptr                     *   value
     D   stick_type                   1A   const

And you add a parameter to it:

     P beat_horse      B                   EXPORT
     D beat_horse      PI
     D   horse_ptr                     *   value
     D   stick_type                   1A   const
     D   num_times                   10I 0 value options(*nopass)

This does NOT affect the signature.  You only have to recompile the
service program.   The other programs work fine.  There's nothing
to change in the binding language, because binding language doesn't
deal with paramters -- it deals with EXPORTS.

However, you seem to be saying that you're doing THIS instead:

     P beat_horse      B                   EXPORT
     D beat_horse      PI
     D   horse_ptr                     *   value
     D   stick_type                   1A   const

     P beat_horse2     B                   EXPORT
     D beat_horse2     PI
     D   horse_ptr                     *   value
     D   stick_type                   1A   const
     D   num_times                   10I 0 value

This *WOULD* change the signature, because you're adding a new export
called "beat_horse2".   Which would then have to be added to the binding
source.

Sorry for the procedure names :)