External file fields are BIN(9,0) but compiler converts to P(9,0), Why?

Hello all,
        I have not noticed this until today.  I have been using a vendor's
files that were created with integers and small integers.  In my RPG IV
programs the files are externally described.  The compile listing even
produces the correct data type definition on the import specifications.
However, on the cross reference the same field is described as a packed
field.  This does not occur when the file is reference in an externally
defined DS.   The compiler references the binary field as a packed field
when ever LIKE() definitions are used.  Am I missing anything here?    Why
doesn't the compiler use the external field definition?


Thank you,
Matt Tyler
WinCo Foods, Inc
mattt@wincofoods.com