RE: Dynamic Arrays -- RPG400-L

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Subject: RE: Dynamic Arrays
From: "Bartell, Aaron L. (TC)" <ALBartell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 10:04:38 -0500
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My question to everyone against dynamically allocating memory is how much
processing time and disk space are you loosing if you specify an array to be
DIM(9999) when you only need 5 elements but next year you may need 100 and
the next maybe 1000.  Now weigh that against dynamically allocating the
array.  What are the processing concerns between both of them.  I am just
asking, I haven't formed an opinion yet.

Sure dynamic arrays are yucky to create and utilize, but do they perform
better under unknown requirements of the arrays size?

Aaron Bartell

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