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  3. January 2010

RE: confused over this prototype definition

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[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] De la part de Dennis Lovelady

Birgitta wrote:

Fields specified within prototypes are not defined, i.e.
are ignored.
You even can move off the fields names within the prototype. The
compiler only checks the data types, length, number of decimal
positions, key words and sequence of the parameters.
In this way MyProcIn and MyProcOut are only defined once!


Thanks for that explanation, Birgitta.


To which Paul replied:

This is not entirely true... especially when using a LikeDS on the
prototype !

I think you sent an attachement to justify that, Paul, but it didn't get through.

I'm afraid Birgitta is correct, Paul. A prototype is nothing
more than its name implies.

Thanks, Dennis, now I understand completely. I always wondered why the word Prototype was used. Now I feel like head butting something.

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