Re: Please vote for Syntax check in /FREE!

Carel  wrote:

> Just some thoughts on this:
>
> How are you certain that this (overloaded) procedure
> getName will return the correct name? If two procedures
> expect a numeric value and you pass a numeric value,
> will the first procedure not accept the "call" and return
> its found name? the similar problem applies to character
> values. Just wondering.

Hi Carel!  Great question!  In my quick typing, I hadn't thought to include
the details: sorry.  I would expect the compiler to match the parameter size
and type to locate the proper procedure.  So, the getName in the vendor
service program expects a 5/0 number, the getName in the G/L module expects
a 12/0 number and the getName procedure in the Inventory module expects a 10
character parameter.  I hope that helps explain what I was thinking about.

And yes, I realise that it is very possible that ther would STILL be a
problem if the Customer number, Item number and Vendor numbers were all
numeric 5/0.  How would the overloading work then?  It wouldn't.  But I was
just trying to show that the concept of overloading procedures actually can
apply to real world business needs, and is not just a topic for lectures at
university.

Groetjes!  (I hope I got that right)
  --buck