Re: Adding another subfield to an externally defined data structu re.

[Hans Boldt <boldt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hans,
>
> What additional checking is done with LIKEREC that isn't already done with 
> EXTNAME?  Don't they both pull in the field names and attributes?  I 
> realize that once "you've let the cat out of the bag" by creating LIKEREC 
> it's hard to take it away.  But if they do the same checking, I'd just as 
> soon use EXTNAME.
>
> Can you change LIKEREC so that we may add additional fields to it?  Or at 
> least overlays?
>
> Rob Berendt

Rob: As I suggested, one of the design features of LIKEREC is that 
you can't add subfields to it. Thus, it can be used as the result of 
record I/O with confidence that the data structure matches the 
record precisely. Do you want to be able to read into a data 
structure that does not match the record? What exactly are you 
trying to accomplish?

Cheers! Hans