Re: Multi-dimensional dynamic arrays

[Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Data structures are, by definition, part of contiguous memory. 
Therefore, it doesn't make sense to put the BASED keyword on a subfield 
of a data structure.  BASED controls the area of memory that something 
is located in, and if it MUST be contiguous memory (as is the case of a 
DS) then there'd be only one possible value for BASED.

Having said that, what you're trying to accomplish is certainly possible 
-- just not the way you're approaching it.

You can put a POINTER in a data structure.  Then have a separate array 
that's based on that pointer -- this will result in what you're looking 
for... a variable-length array that's particular to an element of a 
parent array.


Kurt Anderson wrote:
> Ok, so I can't have a dynamic array with a subarray that is also dynamic
> (more specifically, I can't have a subfield with the Based keyword).  I
> was curious if this would be something that may be possible in the
> future - or if it's simply not possible.  Just throwing this out there
> to get thoughts.