Re: Large Return values (was Re: Variable Length Field Question) -- RPG400-L

Subject: Re: Large Return values (was Re: Variable Length Field Question)
From: Hans Boldt <boldt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 10:21:10 -0400
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Brad Stone wrote:

I was thinking change the return value from 32767 varying to a pointer, then return a pointer to a local var in the app. Tried it and worked, but for this it will be just as easy to return it in a parameter...

Don't you mean returning a pointer to a STATIC variable local to the procedure, or a global variable in the module? Returning a pointer to a local (automatic) variable in a procedure may work for some cases. (Likely the cases used for your unit tests.) But fail it will, and the symptoms will be hard to debug.

Cheers! Hans

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