RE: CONST vs. VALUE -- RPG400-L

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CONST is used to indicate that a parameter passed by reference is read-only.
VALUE is used to indicate that a parameter is passed by value, not
reference. Note that VALUE cannot be used in association with the EXTPGM
keyword.

        -----Original Message-----
        What's the difference between using CONST and VALUE on ILE parm
lists?  I
        have always used VALUE.  It seems to do the same thing as CONST.

        ie:
         D QCmdExc         PR                  ExtPgm('QCMDEXC')       
         D                              256    Options(*Varsize) Const 
         D                               15  5 Const     

        Just wondering.

        Brad
        
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