Re: C and 4gl

> Hi, > > I am writing C functions which are to be called from Informix-4gl and I am > using popint(), popquote() etc. to retrieve arguments off the 4gl stack. > > The problem with this is that you need to know the type of each argument in > advance in order to know which popXXX() function to call. > > In Informix-3.3 screens and reports you were given perfvalues and acevalues > which contained both data and the type of that data; If 4gl had something > like this it would solve my problem. > > In my situation it is not OK to just use popquote() with a sufficiently > large buffer with the understanding that 4gl can convert almost any type > into a string. I really do need to know what the types are. > > Any suggestions??? > In case it wasn't clear, my question was: is there any way to find out the type of the value on the top of the 4gl stack before popping it off? > > Thanks in advance, > > Greg