Re: Testing from the command line (was: Use of %DECwithunformattedcharacter numerics)

> And I'd love to be able to set an option on a
> command PARM() definition that told it to
> leave off "Number of values passed" from
> the beginning of lists that I define. While it's
> very useful for standard list parms, it just
> gets in the way when I want to define a
> mixed list that essentially creates a fixed
> data structure such as what gets passed into
> various APIs. I can't simply name the API
> as the CPP; I have to create a CPP that
> receives the parm, strips off "Number of
> values passed" and then calls the API.

It's a priviledge to be able to have access to the opinions of top
quality programmers.  Until Tom said this, I never once thought about
it like this.  I have been wrappering my API calls in either CL or RPG
forever; the HLL provides the 'clean-up' and grageful error handling
for my command definitions.  Now that I hear the idea broached, it
sounds attractive...  Food for thought is good food indeed!
  --buck