RE: Prototype Field References

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Joe

> From: Tyler, Matt
> 
> I have found that using an external data structure to base other
> definitions on can greatly increase the program object size.  I have a
> reference file with a record format size of 4748 bytes with 621
fields.
> Using the following;
> 
> D TYPES_DS      E DS                  EXTNAME(RIMREFPF) BASED(@)
> PREFIX(@)
> 
> I checked the size of the program object and it was over 800K.  If I
> removed the external data structure and use explicitly define the
> reference fields in the program, my program object size dropped by
over
> 100K.
> 
> I have not totally stopped using external data structures for field
> definition referencing, but it makes me stop and think about which one
I
> will use.