Re: Data Structure redefinition

[Jim Langston <jimlangston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hmm... interesting.  It's complaining about the variable already
being defined in an D spec.

Okay, then I guess Barbara is right, Data structures are *always*
contiguous, but record layouts are not guaranteed to be.  That makes
them much more useful in my book.

Regards,

Jim Langston

Anton Gombkötö wrote:
> 
> At 13:28 02.11.00 -0800, you wrote:
> >Hmm.. I'm not sure if I agree with that statement.  What about this?
> >
> >D BB          S        10A
> >
> >D MyStru     DS
> >D  AA                  10A
> >D  BB                  10A
> >D  CC                  10A
> >
> >Not positive this will compile, but you should get the idea.
> 
> It doesn't compile (RNF3315), so Barbara seems to have something against it...
> 
> Are you sure that when you read file f1 with field BB and file f2 with
> field BB (which was possible in RPG II times, don't know about later times)
> that there were two BB's available for you? I not....
> 
> BTW, the question was "why is based(ptr) not allowed for ds subfields...." :-)
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