On 2022-11-21 05:46, Farley, Peter wrote:
Thanks to all for the PL/I advice, and yes, I do know they changed the
name from 1 to I a long time ago,
The language has always been called PL/I, from IBM's first LRM
C28-6571.
(after, of course, from earlier temporary names such as NPL)
but I didn't
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Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2022 2:16 PM
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Subject: Re: Question on writing PL/I to use EXEC PARM/PARMDD
No it doesn't EPLI 5.3+ now gives a warning when you use "CHAR(100) VAR".
You should nowadays code "CHAT(*) VAR"!
RTFM!
On Sun, 20 Nov 20
nt: Sunday, November 20, 2022 2:19 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Question on writing PL/I to use EXEC PARM/PARMDD
Oops fat finger, "CHAR(*) VAR"
On Sun, 20 Nov 2022 at 19:16, Robert Prins
wrote:
> No it doesn't EPLI 5.3+ now gives a warning when you use "CHAR
Oops fat finger, "CHAR(*) VAR"
On Sun, 20 Nov 2022 at 19:16, Robert Prins
wrote:
> No it doesn't EPLI 5.3+ now gives a warning when you use "CHAR(100) VAR".
> You should nowadays code "CHAT(*) VAR"!
>
> RTFM!
>
> On Sun, 20 Nov 2022 at 16:59, Robin Vowels wrote:
>
>> On 2022-11-21 02:29, Steve
No it doesn't EPLI 5.3+ now gives a warning when you use "CHAR(100) VAR".
You should nowadays code "CHAT(*) VAR"!
RTFM!
On Sun, 20 Nov 2022 at 16:59, Robin Vowels wrote:
> On 2022-11-21 02:29, Steve Smith wrote:
> > Not necessarily.
>
> My example code (which preceded) comes straight from the m
On 2022-11-21 02:29, Steve Smith wrote:
Not necessarily.
My example code (which preceded) comes straight from the manual,
and is required when main PROCEDURE statement is as I showed,
namely,
M: PROC (PARAM) OPTIONS (MAIN);
DECLARE PARAM CHARACTER(100) VARYING;
Assuming using an LE compil
Not necessarily. Assuming using an LE compiler, the EXECOPTS compile
option controls this.
sas
On Sun, Nov 20, 2022 at 2:30 AM Robin Vowels wrote:
> The string passed to the main procedure needs to start with
> a slash, because everything up to and including the slash
> is omitted when passed.
The string passed to the main procedure needs to start with
a slash, because everything up to and including the slash
is omitted when passed.
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