I really hesitate to mention this, being as it it mine, not really very
good code, but https://github.com/JohnArchieMckown/utilities-1/find/master

And look at SKELETON.s file. Plesse be kind. The entire program is LE
enabled, with LE startup and termination macros, from IBM.

On Tue, Jun 6, 2023, 10:55 Rick Troth <[email protected]> wrote:

> Forgive me if you already know ...
>
> C requires a stack (at least), sometimes more for sake of minimizing the
> surprise factor (for developers who think it's always a Unix thing).
> After that, there's not much difference (in my experience) to call a C
> routine than to call an assembler routine.
> There's nothing in the code you got from ChatGPT which would instantiate
> the expected stack and supplemental environment.
>
> Have you called COBOL from assembler? Similar game there, and similar
> instantiation req (LE and whatever it has evolved into these days).
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> -- R; <><
>
>
>
> On 6/6/23 11:27, Dave Clark wrote:
> >          Would someone show me an example of calling a C function from
> > HLASM?  I tried asking ChatGPT and got the following.  I don't see how
> > this will link from HLASM to the C function.
> >
> >           PRINT NOGEN
> >           TITLE 'HLASM Calling ldap_open'
> >
> >           USING *,12
> >           LR 12,15
> >           LA 15,SAVEAREA
> >
> >           ENTRY START
> >
> > SAVEAREA DS 18F
> >
> > LDAP_OPEN EQU *
> >           DROP 0
> >           LR 15,13
> >           BALR 14,15
> >           USING LDAP_OPEN,14
> >           DROP 1
> >           L 1,LDAP_HOSTNAME
> >           L 2,LDAP_PORT
> >           L 3,LDAP_RESULT
> >           BALR 14,15
> >           USING LDAP_OPEN,14
> >           DROP 0
> >           L 15,SAVEAREA
> >           RETURN (14,12),RC=0
> >
> > START    DS 0H
> >           ...
> >           ... ; HLASM code
> >           ...
> >           LA 1,LDAP_HOSTNAME
> >           LA 2,LDAP_PORT
> >           LA 3,LDAP_RESULT
> >           BALR 14,15
> >           USING LDAP_OPEN,14
> >           ...
> >           ... ; Continue with HLASM code
> >           ...
> >           PRINT NOGEN
> >           END START
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Dave Clark
>

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