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Subject: Re: Parameter passing CL to RPGLE
From: dlclark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2016 17:05:11 -0400
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"RPG400-L" <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 10/06/2016 04:58:17
PM:

I was under the impression that parameters are passed by reference, i.e.

a pointer is passed. Is that not the case?

By default parameters are passed by reference, yes. But, that
does not mean that RPG receives a pointer value. Rather, it means that
RPG receives a list of addresses which it then bases your procedure
parameter list against. Meaning, if your parameter list wants to get a
pointer address as a value then what has to be passed is the address of
the address to be passed by reference.

Sincerely,

Dave Clark

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