Re: Field pointer

[cmassoglia@xxxxxxxxxxx (Charlie Massoglia)]

>> Pointer is kind of static,  If we have a function %VALUE work like
>>
>>      MOVE '12345'   flda
>>      MOVEL     'flda'         generic_fld
>>      EVAL     ptr01  = %addr(%value(generic_fld))
>>
>> We should have ptr01 pointing to flda.
>>
>> It would be really flexible.  We can avoid a lot of CAS, WHEN, or IF/ELSE.
>
>Many would argue that the pointer is the data type equivalent of the
>GOTO statement.  And we all know how much fun it is to debug code with
>lots of GOTOs!
>
But pointers are SO much fun!!!


Charlie Massoglia, Massoglia Technical Consulting, Inc.
PO Box 1065, Okemos, MI 48854, USA
517-676-9700  Fax: 517-676-1006  EMAIL: cmassoglia@voyager.net


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