I just wanted to correct the erroneous impression that might have occurred
from
a previous post.
The draft of the next Standard does not allow a "variable group item" to
be
passed (via a CALL statement) if and only if "format 1 or 2" of the CALL
statement is used.
It *does* allow it to be passed in a Format 3 ((program-prototype) CALL
statement. I don't recall the discussion on this, but especially in the
case of
inter-language CALL and "new" CALL statements, I can imagine that the
intent was
to "encourage" the use of call proto-types with inter-language calls and
also to
insure that the receiving item was "prepared" to receive a variable length
group
item.
--
Bill Klein
wmklein <at> ix.netcom.com
