RE: Weird behavior in CALLP vs. CALLB (specifically QtmmSendMail)

Sometimes you've just gotta be nice to the software. :)

-Bob Cozzi
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-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of James H H Lampert
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 4:27 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: Weird behavior in CALLP vs. CALLB (specifically QtmmSendMail)

"Bob Cozzi" <cozzi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>First, don't ever call an API with a "B" data type.
> There are no APIs that expect that type of field.
> Use the 'I' data type instead.
> "10i 0" in RPG IV to be precise.

Damned if that didn't do the trick!

But (1) why, given that it IS "10I 0" in the prototype, 
didn't RPG have the sense to pass it properly in the 
CALLP, and (2) why, given that the CALLB, by its nature, 
didn't HAVE a prototype, did RPG manage to get it right in 
THAT version?

(Then again, I suppose expecting RPG to make sense falls 
somewhere between expecting Java to make sense, and 
expecting C to make sense. Why, oh why, didn't PL/I ever 
become popular?)

Thanks, Bob.

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JHHL