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  3. May 2004

Re: Large Return values (was Re: Variable Length Field Question)

Brad Stone wrote:
I was thinking change the return value from 32767 varying
to a pointer, then return a pointer to a local var in the
app. Tried it and worked, but for this it will be just as
easy to return it in a parameter...


Don't you mean returning a pointer to a STATIC variable local to the procedure, or a global variable in the module? Returning a pointer to a local (automatic) variable in a procedure may work for some cases. (Likely the cases used for your unit tests.) But fail it will, and the symptoms will be hard to debug.

Cheers! Hans


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