Re: 7.1 and RPG prototypes

Hello,

I left the i a few years ago on V6.1. I'm back again and we have 7.3 and
I've just discovered that the prototypes were no longer needed in the
source member where the procedures are defined. So, I'm missing something.
I thought that having a prototype forced me to get my parameters right. In
this particular case, what was the point of having the prototype?

2018-03-01 11:45 GMT+01:00 Thomas Raddatz <thomas.raddatz@xxxxxx>:

Hi Barbara,

I opened RFE "http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?
use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=117030" to address the problem.

Regards,

Thomas.

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Thomas Raddatz
Gesendet: Dienstag, 20. Februar 2018 08:52
An: RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)
Betreff: AW: 7.1 and RPG prototypes

Hi Barbara,

The procedure was called by another module, but it was also called
internally. And when sombody changed the procedure interface, he forgot to
change the prototype. Before that somebody else forgot to include the /copy
with the prototype to the module containing the callee. Everything compiled
fine, but the call from the external module did not work because of a
parameter mismatch. The last parameter contained nothing but garbage and I
wondered why.

I took me too long to find the problem, because I did not think at the
prototype.

Opening a RFE is a good idea.

Thomas.

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Barbara Morris
Gesendet: Montag, 19. Februar 2018 22:25
An: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Betreff: Re: 7.1 and RPG prototypes

On 2018-02-19 9:23 AM, dlclark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
wrote:

In my experience, although prototypes are no longer required
for internal procedures, the compiler still requires a prototype for
external stored procedures or it gives a compile-time error that the
procedure is undefined.

That's true of a module that is calling a procedure in another module.

But a prototype isn't required within the module that is exporting the
procedure.

Thomas, the reason that the compiler doesn't require a prototype is that
it the procedure may not ever be called from another RPG module.

It wouldn't be possible for the compiler to change its rules and start
requiring a prototype for exported procedures. But you could open an RFE to
request an H spec option to require prototypes for programs and exported
procedures.

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