RE: Another ILE question : CONST vs VALUE -- RPG400-L

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Subject: RE: Another ILE question : CONST vs VALUE
From: "Bob Cozzi" <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 16:12:12 -0500
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Ken,

That's true only if the subprocedure is compiled with CONST on the PI.
If the subprocedure is compiled using a PR and PI without CONST, there
are no restrictions on changing the parameter because the compiler has
no way to know that the caller will be using a prototype with CONST.
Nor is there any run-time mechanism to detect the mis-match.

As I said, subversion can be used to bypass the CONST rules.

The stack thing is all academic...

You're wrong about this.

Really?

-Bob

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