Re: Prototypes

[Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx>]

depends if the parms are passed by reference or not. If they are input
parms ( passed as const or value ) the system will map the 7,0 value into
the 3,0 parm. same with the 3,0 value to the 7,0 parm.

-Steve



On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 5:53 PM, Englander, Douglas <
Douglas_Englander@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have a prototype defined for a function that returns a 30 character
> alpha when given two numeric parameters: the first is 3P 0 and the second
> is 7P 0. This function is in a service program.
>
> I have a statement in an ILE RPG program that uses that function.
> Inadvertently, I passed two numbers but with different sizes (7P 0 and 3P
> 0). The program compiled, but crashes when it tries to use the function
> with the parameters with the incorrect sizes.
>
> I thought using prototypes would prevent the program from compiling if the
> passed parameter definitions did not match those of the prototype.
>
> Has something changed? We are on V7R1.
>
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