See "External functions and subroutines, and function packages" and "Chapter 15. Initialization and termination routines" in TSO/E REXX Reference, SA32-0972.
Basically, when an application calls IRXINIT, it can define a bunch of functions handled by the application. While details vary, the same functionality exists in ooRexx. Of course, ooRexx has the additional option of a ::REQUIRES directive specifying a package containing multiple ::ROUTINE directives. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Rony G. Flatscher <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 2, 2024 10:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Rexx command handlers implemented in Java and in ooRexx (Re: Rexx is quite cool, flexible, powerful, feature-rich, thank you! (Re: z/OS 3.1 Enhancements & Support News On 02.07.2024 15:08, Seymour J Metz wrote: > What about function packages? What are you thinking about? ---rony ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
