RE: STRDBG problem with WATCH -- MIDRANGE-L

Hi David
when you say that it is not stopping at the line where the field is
initialized, what is the field initialized with?
If its still blank, then the watch sees no change, and therefore will NOT
stop.
If its some other value, then can you post some code showing the field in
question (D-spec) (and surrounding fields) as well as the C-specs where it
is initialized

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midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 10/16/2009 07:45:12 AM:

Ok, here I have another example.

I start my program and step into the beginning of the sub procedure
where a dspf field will be initialised. I check that its value is
blanc. I put a break point on the instruction after the field is
initialised. The program stops at the breakpoint and not at the line
where the field is initialised.

I wonder if this is a bug that we have not fixed?

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Objet : Re: STRDBG problem with WATCH

David

If it's truly called by reference, then a change in the
called procedure will be reflected to the caller. But you did
not give us the prototype - Maybe there is something there ti
give a hint.

Vern

David FOXWELL wrote:

Hi Vern,

It's local, but it always has the same name in all modules,

and is passed by reference.

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Vern Hamberg

Envoyé : jeudi 8 octobre 2009 14:43 À : Midrange Systems Technical
Discussion Objet : Re: STRDBG problem with WATCH

Is errorMessage a local variable or a global one?

Vern

David FOXWELL wrote:

Hi,

I have this problem with the watch function on the iseries

debugger for a long time. It's probably something I'm not
understanding correctly. As I don't have access to the

WDSc debugger

so stuck with STRDBG, I'm asking here.

Here's an example :
With the program stopped at a break point on a CALLP (

errorMessage ) in module A, I notice that errorMessage is

not blank

before the call. So I do F17(watch) on errorMessage and
F12 to continue.

The program breaks automatically in module B where

errorMessage is initialized to blanks. F12 again and I

arrive at my

CALLP break point again, with the same message in errorMessage.

Whats occurring?

Thanks!

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