RE: Long Procedure Names

["John Taylor" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris,

> Can't you use
> 
> D getLastPeriod  pr              extproc(CUGLS001_getLastPeriod)
 

That doesn't work because the prototype for getLastPeriod() doesn't match
the external procedure. You'd need the following:

 // this would by /COPY'd in from the CUGLS001 prototype member
D CUGLS001_getLastPeriod...
D                  pr             like(t_fiscalPeriod)
D   iCompany                      like(t_company)
D   iYear                         like(t_fiscalYear)

 // this is now required in each source member that defines an alias
D getLastPeriod    pr             like(t_fiscalPeriod) 
D                                 extProc('CUGLS001_GETLASTPERIOD')

D   iCompany                      like(t_company)
D   iYear                         like(t_fiscalYear)


Having to maintain multiple prototypes for the same procedure is a bigger
problem that what I was originally hoping to solve. It's not a road which I
wish to travel down.

I started to consider using a procedure pointer in the hope that somehow I
could circumvent the duplicate prototype requirement. Of course, I can't. 


Regards,

John Taylor