Re: Calling a program with more parameters than are defined

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

How is the web app calling it?

Charles

On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 11:01 AM, Dan <dan27649@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> PGMA has an *entry plist with 2 parameters, all fixed C-specs.
> PGMB calls PGMA with 3 parameters in the call.
> Both programs are RPGLE.
> In my testing, there were no apparent errors.
> Is there a concern that the data passed in the 3rd parameter may corrupt
> memory in PGMA?
>
> This is somewhat an academic question.  PGMA currently has two *entry parms
> defined.  Currently, in development, it is being modified to add a third
> parameter.  (FWIW, it will be optional because many programs will continue
> to call the program with only two parameters. %PARMS is used to determine
> the number of parms passed.)  There is a web app that calls PGMA with two
> parameters currently, but is being modified to call it with three
> parameters.
>
> Since web app deployment and Power i app deployment are on different
> schedules, the web app may be deployed before the Power i app.  Hence my
> question.
>
> - Dan
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