RE: Prototyped Procedures

["Joe Lee" <LeeJD@xxxxxx>]

I do that also, though what I'd really like is for the basic "types",
such as Indicator/Boolean, Pointer, Int, LongInt, etc... to be included
somehow in the compiler, so that I don't have to /COPY them into every
program. Packed, zoned, and character might be problematic, but maybe
they could be handled with something like: like(packed:30:9), or
like(char:32), or even like(varchar:1024) for a varying length character
field.

Joe Lee
>>> rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 02/03/2005 12:57:26 >>>

Hi James,

> I think I see your point here.  It may well be that the best current

> solution is the one you suggest.  But it appears to me that this 
> solution is a work around for the lack of data type definitions in
RPG 
> (i.e. typedef).  But that is RPG's fault, not yours.

You can use LIKE and LIKEDS in pretty much the same way you'd use
typedef 
in C.  I do that all the time.
-- 
This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries (RPG400-L) mailing
list
To post a message email: RPG400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/rpg400-l 
or email: RPG400-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l.