Re: Procedure pointer use cases -- RPG400-L

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Subject: Re: Procedure pointer use cases
From: Buck Calabro <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 22:39:19 -0400
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On 13 October 2017 at 22:25, Justin Taylor <JUSTIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I've been doing RPG for 20 years, and I don't think I've ever said "this looks like a job for procedure pointers". I was wondering if anyone could share real-world examples where procedure pointers would be the best solution?

Callbacks.

Imagine a generic function that reads an IFS directory.
With callbacks, you pass in a procptr to the sub-procedure that does
the processing.

https://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l/201507/msg00129.html

--buck

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