RE: CL pgm and pointer variables

[Joel Fritz <JFritz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Woo hoo!  I've always used an array and a buffer data structure.  This
sounds like the perfect complement to overlaid arrays.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hans Boldt [mailto:boldt@ca.ibm.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 5:05 AM
> To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: CL pgm and pointer variables
>
>
> Ken Sims wrote:
> > I haven't found a reasonable way other than using a pointer
> to be able to
> > access two difference occurrences of a MODS simultaneously;
> where I am
> > actually accessing the real data, not a copy.
>
> Then you'll enjoy RPG IV in V5R2 which introduces the concept of
> array data structures. These are sort of like MODS's, but you
> explicitly code the index. Thus, you can refer to multiple
> occurrences (or elements) in the same expression. That makes one
> fewer reason for using pointers!  ;-)
>
> Cheers!  Hans
>
>
>
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