RE:"guessing" the parameter type.

["Jon Paris" <Jon.Paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 >> Im really aware that i can't get that info from the pointer itself (a
pointer is just a pointer anyway), but i was wondering if using the address
of the data could I get the data type somehow.

No, you can't.  The compiler does not store this information because it does
not care.  The data type/size information is used by the compiler to
determine what code should be generated, it has no value beyond that point.

As I and others have pointed out, two completely different pieces of data
can have the same address - that address alone could therefore _never_ be
enough.  That's why operational descriptors were introduced as part of ILE.
Unfortunately they were never fully implemented and so we have no mechanism
on the system to do what you want, whether we use just the pointer or
descriptors.

Jon Paris
Partner400
www.Partner400.com