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  • Subject: RE: lifetime of a static variable
  • From: bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 12:05:28 -0500
  • Importance: Normal


>Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 16:40:01 -0800
>From: Joel Fritz <JFritz@sharperimage.com>
> ...
>> Our thinking
>> was that subprocedures are more ILE-ish than RPG-ish, and
>> should behave
>> like ILE things, and not be subject to the RPG cycle.
>> ...
>
>I've never used the cycle and don't understand it well enough to comment.
>That probably contributes to my confusion.

Joel,
It's "cycle _files_" that you've never used.  You use the "RPG cycle"
all the time; it's the whole shebang, from *init to *term, including
the whether your global static gets initialized or not.  Your
decision as to whether to set LR or just return is cycle-related.

Barbara Morris


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