Hello David!

05 Jan 96 20:22, David Noon wrote to Darin McBride:

 DN> On Tuesday, 96/01/02, Darin McBride wrote to Ruud Senden about
 DN> "REXX syntax-checker" as follows:

 DM>> you would have to change it to:
 DM>>
 DM>> rc = SysFunctionToTestError()
 DM>> if rc \= 0 then do
 DM>> /* something */
 DM>> end

 DN> Since the variable RC is used by the REXX run-time to report the
 DN> ERRORLEVEL of external commands, it is not always wise to use it
 DN> as a program variable. Perhaps Ret_code, or some other non-system
 DN> name might be more appropriate.

I believe that if you were to use 'call SysFunctionToTestError', and
SysFunctionToTestError was in REXXUTIL, rc is set the same as it shows
above anyway.  I could be mistaken, but... if I'm not, then there's no
difference - it gets overwritten anyway.

Darin McBride

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