Re: Fwd: GnuCOBOL call parameter problem.

[James K. Lowden]

On Fri, 5 Jun 2020 19:49:50 -0400
Ron Norman <rjn@inglenet.com> wrote:

> Being compatible with Microfocus is an important feature of GnuCOBOL.

Agreed.  

> Just getting the C API working a few years ago was a far bit of
> effort 

No doubt, and I'm glad for it.  

My point, simply, is that there's no technical *need* for cobcall
(although it could be used by programs that expect it).  libcob is
written in C, and its functions are C functions.  I'm hoping you will
explain what dependencies exist in libcob on cobcall, so that they
can be removed, thereby making cobcall strictly optional.  

That would not only make mixing C and Cobol easier; it should simplify
code generation and interaction between the compiled module and the
runtime library.  

--jkl