RE: RPGV?

BIF's are not subject to the lack of overloading support in
RPG. Plus, this would just expand what is allowed as the result of
the operation. Since this functionality is already part of the fixed
format opcode, the hard part has already been done!

Really? What makes you say that? Can you show me an example of this? What
%BIF returns different data types depending upon how it is used? 'Cuz I
cannot think of any like that.

I'm curious as to why the free format version is restricted to a
numeric variable, instead of allowing an array as the result.

I suspect (and "suspect" is a keyword here) that the difference lies in the
fact that one is a *Function*, falling under the rules and conditions of
function definitions, and the other is an operation code, which might, by
its very nature, have much more "open" rules.


Dennis Lovelady
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