RE: set a pointer to const

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com]On
Behalf Of Hans Boldt
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 12:31 PM

>No, you can't do that.  By declaring a parameter as CONST, you
>indicate to RPG that you do not intend to modify the parameter.
>Setting a pointer to the address of the parameter would allow you to
>change the value of the parameter via a based variable, which
>violates your promise not to.

Hans,

any plans to allow a DS and pointer to be declared as const?

 d pAddr            s               *   const
 d Addr             ds                  likeds( Address )
 d                                      const
 d                                      based( pAddr )


thanks,

Steve Richter





If you do really want to change the value of the parameter, then
define the parameter as a normal reference parameter.

Alternatively, copy the value you're interested in to a local
variable, and do whatever you want with that.

Cheers!  Hans



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