Dynamic arrays and dumps

["Bramley, Stu" <stu.bramley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Given the following code example:

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 D Array           S              3A   DIM(32767)              
 D                                     BASED(Array@)           
                                                               
 D Variable        S              3A   BASED(Variable@)        
                                                               
  /FREE                                                        
    Variable@ = %Alloc(%Size(Variable));                       
    Variable = 'XYZ';                                          
    Array@ = %Alloc(%Size(Array) * 30);                        
    Array(1) = 'ABC';                                          
    dump(a);                                                   
    *inlr = *on;                                               
    return;                                                    
  /END-FREE                                                    

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I get the following output in the dump: 

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NAME                  ATTRIBUTES           VALUE                     
ARRAY                 CHAR(3)              DIM(32767)                
                        (1-32767)          NOT ADDRESSABLE           
ARRAY@                POINTER              SPP:FA6DAE8EB50063B0      
VARIABLE              CHAR(3)              'XYZ'            'E7E8E9'X
VARIABLE@             POINTER              SPP:FA6DAE8EB5006390      

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Why are all 32767 elements of the dynamically allocated array not
addressable? I would have expected to see at least the contents of the first
element that had been populated.

This is particularly confusing because the based non-array variable that
also has had memory allocated to it does appear in the dump as I would
expect. 

This question has arisen because a colleague has a program with around 15
dynamic arrays like this and it is taking around 15 minutes + to dump the
program, with these results - is the time taken because of these arrays? 

Puzzled,
Stu

Stuart Bramley 
Senior Technical Developer 
Skandia Life::GroupIT 
Southampton 
t: 023 80 72 64 29 e: stu.bramley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
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