RE: How can I Improve this procedure...

Bob,

Sorry to nitpick, but just for clarity ...

> PHP, Perle, Python, RPGIV, Java, JavaScript--no one tool is right for 
every
> task, but today, just about every tool can be used for every task.

you mean Perl, right?  Not the frame relay controller but the programming 
language? :)

And to add my two cents ...
> I believe it wasn't implemented right, but it was implemented, period.
> They can "fix" it (i.e., change the way they did it) but I don't think 
there's
> enough complaining about it today for them to be working on it.

I'm not entirely convinced that the reason is lack of complaining.  There 
may not be much complaining, but I'm not sure there is really a better way 
to do it.  I think that for return values to work as they should, then 
*need* to be created in automatic storage (thanks Eric for the terminology 
... I'm not sure if System i people use the PC term "on the heap").

By the way, thanks for your excellent description of why three copies 
often happen.  I was used to thinking about these things while learning C, 
but I've fallen out of the habit and needed a refresher, and an RPG 
specific one at that.

Thanks again,
Adam
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