Re: Pointers as Parameters in Subprocedures

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 12:58:14 -0500 (CDT)
 Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi Brad,
> 
> > 1.  I assume the same holds true if you use a parameter
> to
> > return a pointer to local storage in the subprocedure.
> >  This is not a pointer passed in, but a parameter used
> as a
> > return value.
> 
> It really has nothing to do with how the pointer is
> passed or whether the
> pointer is static. It has to do with when the memory that
> it points to is
> allocated & deallocated from the system.
> 
> When a subprocedure starts, memory is allocated for all
> of it's local
> variables.  When it ends, that memory is deallocated.
> 
> It doesn't matter if the POINTER is static, it matters if
> the memory that
> it POINTS TO is static.
> 

Sorry, I worded that wrong.. you corrected me. :)