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  3. August 2003

Re: Value vs. Const

> One caveat that Barbara Morris pointed out to me is that using "value"
> and "options(*nopass)" on the same variable can be dangerous.  If you
> want a variable to be *nopass and still take advantage of the VALUE
> benefits, then use CONST...

Joel... there's nothing special about VALUE in this circumstance.   You
should never reference ANY parameter that has not been passed.   It does
not matter whether it's passed by VALUE or REFERENCE or CONST... you
should *always* check with %parms to before using an "optional" variable.

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