RE: Constant Scope

[Joel Fritz <JFritz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is the constant defined before or after the procedure prototype?

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> From: SirZetar@aol.com [mailto:SirZetar@aol.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 7:21 AM
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Constant Scope
> 
> 
> Morning...
> 
> I searched the RPG manual, but can't find where it defines 
> the scope of 
> global constants.  Did I miss it somewhere?
> 
> I know it defines the scope of global variables, ie, 
> available to the main 
> program as well as any procedure defined in the same source 
> member.  But I 
> haven't found where it would define the scope of global constants.
> 
> An assumption that global constants would have the same scope 
> as global 
> variables doesn't play out.
> 
> When I try to use a constant, defined in the main program, in 
> D specs in a 
> procedure in the same source, the compiler complains the 
> constant is not 
> defined.  To get it to work, I have to duplicate the constant 
> definition in 
> the procedure.
> 
> Is this normal, ie, is the scope of a global constant limited 
> to the main 
> program?  Or, is this a compiler bug that needs to be reported?
> 
> OS/400 & RPG: V4R4M0, latest Cum & Hipers applied.
> 
> -Pete
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