Re: Constant Scope

>Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 14:10:49 -0600
>From: "David Morris" <dmorris@plumcreek.com>

>I have found that global variables in *nomain procedures can only
>be used in the main definitions.  I do think this is wrong, but I was
>never really worried about it.  I found this trying to define the number
>of elements of arrays passed as parameters in a module.  Another
>one I have found is that if I define a procedure statement for a main
>procedure (compiles fine) I get the endless loop effect.
>
>David Morris

Could you provide an example of this problem with constants?  The following
compiles fine for me:

H nomain
D globvar         s             10a
D globconst       c                   '1'
D globarray       s              1a   dim(3)
D globconst2      c                   %elem(globarray)
D proc            pr
p proc            b
C                   if        globconst2 = 1
C                   eval      globvar = globconst
C                   endif
p proc            e

Could you explain more about the endless loop effect (with an example)?

Thanks.
Barbara Morris


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