RE: Passing Parameter as Variable vs as address of variable

I'm sure smarter minds will respond, but...

I'm confused. It already passes the address. Are you thinking something like %addr(myVar)?
Sounds like another layer of indirection.
Why complicate things? Likely, no one working on it down the road will be expecting this construct.


Roger Harman
COMMON Certified Application Developer - ILE RPG on IBM i on Power

-----Original Message-----
From: RPG400-L <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Vinay Gavankar
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2023 7:24 AM
To: RPG programming on IBM i <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Passing Parameter as Variable vs as address of variable

Hi,

Since RPG internally passes the parm as an address of the variable, is
there any performance advantage in passing the address of the variable as a
parm instead of the variable itself when the variable is large (say 2K).

Is the answer the same when calling a program vs a procedure in a Service
Program?

TIA
Vinay
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