Re: Automatic based variables -- RPG400-L

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Subject: Re: Automatic based variables
From: Scott Klement <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 12:49:30 -0600 (CST)
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>
> If I declare a based data structure (EXTNAME and BASED) in a procedure,
> what is allocated when I call the procedure?  Common sense tells me it's
> just the room for the pointer; that all references to the field are done
> via pointer arithmetic.
>

Yes, that's correct.  Why?  Are you having problems?

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