RE: Procedure PR/PI question

I may not understand what you are saying, but it is my understanding that if
you use a d-spec in your procedure to define a variable then the variable is
local to the procedure.


Paul


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Subject: Re: Procedure PR/PI question

I would like to have an option that says "All the variables I define in
this procedure are local unless I specify otherwise". I know, if I put
it in a separate source file I get the same effect, but this isn't always
practical or politically acceptable in some shops.

Sam


On 4/29/2013 10:37 AM, DeLong, Eric wrote:

Aliasing problems? I'm sure I must just be dense, but huh?!?

CONST is just fine, nearly perfect for most conditions. I can only

imagine a few cases where you could have problems, and all of those are the
result of not keeping the prototype member and the Procedure Interface
maintained properly.

Passing by value? This really makes no sense, since RPG is optimized to

pass by reference. Also, since the OP mentioned this to be a EXTERNAL
PROGRAM prototype, you're still out of luck with VALUE since programs ONLY
accept parms by reference...

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