id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc
337	ssu_$get_area comment argument is ignored by define_area_ subroutine	Gary Dixon	Gary Dixon	"The ssu_$get_area subroutine has the following calling sequence...


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help ssu_$get_area -bf -ca comment

>udd>m>gd>w>ssup>ssu_.info   (50 lines in entry point; 65 other entry points in info)

Entry:  1983-01-19  ssu_$get_area

Syntax:
declare ssu_$get_area entry (ptr, ptr, char(*), ptr);

call ssu_$get_area (sci_ptr, area_info_ptr, comment, area_ptr);

Arguments:
 sci_ptr   area_info_ptr   comment   area_ptr

Arguments:
comment
   is a comment identifying the use to which the area will be put.
   (Input) It is used in constructing the owner name for the call to
   define_area_, in the form:
           subsys_name.N (comment)
   where subsys_name is the name of the subsystem, N is the invocation
   level for this invocation, and the comment (if any) follows, in
   parentheses.  This is done to make it easier to identify the segment
   names listed by list_temp_segments.
}}}

ssu_temp_mgr_$get_area stores the ""subsys_name.N (comment)"" string in the area_info.owner element when it calls define_area_ to create an area with specified characteristics in a temporary segment.

define_area_ embeds the area_info.owner field in a caller argument it passes to the get_temp_segment_ subroutine.  However, because area_info.owner is a non-varying character string, define_area_ truncates the .owner field before the first SP character so it can add a "".area"" suffix to that owner.  Since ssu_$get_area places its caller's comment in parenthesis and preceded by a SP character, the comment argument to the ssu_$get_area subroutine is never used.  This is a defect.

For example, a call to ssu_$get_area by the test_parms subsystem with comment = ""token_area"" generates a temporary segment with the comment (displayed by list_temp_segments command) as follows...


{{{
..list_temp_segments

          22 Segments,  8 Free
...
!BBBKXkgPkQlgbk.temp.0454  test_parms.1.area
}}}

A better line would prefer use of the caller-provided comment rather than the "".area"" suffix added arbitrarily by define_area_.

{{{
..list_temp_segments

          22 Segments,  8 Free
...
!BBBKXkgPkQlgbk.temp.0454  test_parms.1 (token_area)
}}}

"	defect	closed	major	MR12.9	Hardcore	MR12.8	fixed	define_area_