Ok thanks > On Oct 11, 2023, at 7:25 PM, Paul Gilmartin > <0000042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > On Wed, 11 Oct 2023 17:07:44 -0400, Tony Harminc wrote: >> ... >> So e.g. we have a product >> that has a notion of transactions, and a transaction is represented by a >> single CB that points to various other CBs, ... >> > How do you achieve that, given that Rexx has no pointer type? > STORAGE() lets you access and modify CBs once you know > their addresses, but not to use addresses of Rexx-owned objects. > > I can imagine supplying interfaces to GETMAIN/FREEMAIN. > > I once lamented that the SMP/E API depends on pointers in > ways that are hostile to REXX. Kurt Q. replied, approximately, > "Well, you can't please everybody." > > The ICSF API, in contrast, is REXX- friendly. There are SAMPLIB > members. The only pointers needed are arguments to LINKMVS. > > REXX is important enough that it should be considered in the > design of an API. > > -- > gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
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