On Wed, 3 Jul 2024 09:34:18 -0500, Jon Perryman wrote:

>On Wed, 3 Jul 2024 07:36:39 -0500, Paul Gilmartin  wrote:
>
>>> call-by-reference is a parameter passing format used by programs.
>>No.  I once looked at the SMP/E API which depends heavily on passing
>>references.  Has anyone been able to address the SMP/E API from Rexx?
>
>ADDRESS LINKPGM GIMAPI arg1 arg2 arg... has been around as far as I can 
>remember.
>
>You'll need to be familiar with using storage( ), overlay( ), C2X( ), X2C( ), 
>just to name a few.
> 
Alas, those don't suffice.  The most telling absence of evidence is in:

<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0?topic=interface-sample-programs-that-use-gimapi>
   - Sample C/370 program
   - Sample PL/I program
   - Sample assembler program

No REXX sample where I hoped to see one.  When I lamented this
lack in this list a principal SMP/E developer replied with a
paraphrase of: "You can't please everyone."

-- 
gil

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