Re: Data Structure with same physical file format and fields two times

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hmmmm....  time for me to move into the  new century I guess.

Jon Paris wrote:
> Well for one thing it requires copying of the data - which can often  
> be avoided with a qualified DS.  Second a qualified DS allows  
> reference to the individual subfields.  A giant field doesn't do that.
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> I don't understand why you are sending the data out twice to the  
> display.  If you use a LikeRec DS to hold the data and then use it in  
> the result field for the Write you can Read into a different DS (or a  
> different element of a DS array defined with LikeRec) that way there  
> is no need to double the amount of data sent out and read back from  
> the terminal. This is just the modern variant of the old MODS with  
> EXTNAME approach.
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> Jon Paris
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> On 3-Oct-09, at 1:00 PM, rpg400-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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> > Why not have just one data structure and then stand-alone fields that
> > are like the data structure?
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