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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
