Re: opendir() in RPG IV

[Buck Calabro/commsoft<mcalabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 03/17/99 10:40:23 PM Jon.Paris wrote:

> >> This failed.  When I switched to value instead of const it worked. 
This
> >> isn't the first time I've been confused between VALUE and CONST.
> >> Looking at the C prototype, it specifies CONST CHAR *DIRNAME.  Why do 
I
> >> need to use VALUE in RPG?

>Oh yes, one other thing - in C the keyword CONST means the value of the
>parameter can't be changed - but the parameter is still expected to be 
passed by
>value.
>
>Hope this helps explain it.

Excellent, as always!  In my arrogance, I thought that RPG const was the 
same as C's.
Thanks a bunch!

Buck Calabro
Billing Concepts Inc (formerly CommSoft), Albany, NY
mailto:mcalabro@commsoft.net
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