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  3. December 2001

Re: RPGLE - DS Subfields as parameters or contiguous memory for stand alone

>From: David.X.Kahn@gsk.com
>Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 16:32:48 +0000
> ...
>A neater way to achieve the same thing might be like this.
> ...
>C     *like         define    p1bcst        p01
>C     *like         define    p1bbnb        p02
>C     *like         define    p1bdst        p03

Dave, avoid *LIKE DEFINE (use the LIKE keyword instead).  The
full set of "rules" that govern its behaviour are too complex
for any human.  The rules for the LIKE keyword are straightforward;
what you think you get is what you get.  ... Almost (neither
LIKE inherits array information).

An example of a *LIKE DEFINE problem: if p1bcst were a zoned
field, p01 would be packed.  Probably.

Barbara Morris

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