Re: passing pointers -- RPG400-L

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 >> I guess the real question is, how are pointers passed as parameters?

Passing a pointer to a field by value is the same as passing the field
itself by reference.

So the following two calls are equivalent:


     D MyField         S             20a

     D ByValue         Pr
     D  ValParm                        *   Value

     D ByReference     Pr
     D  RefParm                            Like(MyField)

     C                   CallP     ByValue(%Addr(MyField))
     C

     C                   CallP     ByReference(MyField)


In both cases a pointer is received by the called procedure.



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