Re: More SRVPGM basics

[Simon Coulter <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 28/05/2008, at 5:12 PM, David FOXWELL wrote:

> Now that I've begun experimenting with SRVPGM's, I'm having  
> difficulty explaining the difference between bind by copy and bind  
> by reference. As my new module is now bound into a SRVPGM, I  
> believe it to be bound by reference. Before, I'd have just added  
> the module to the program's BNDDIR and it would have been bound by  
> copy.
>
> Right?

Yes and no.

The module bound in to the service program is bind-by-copy in exactly  
t he same way as it would be if you bound it into your program  
object. Where bind-by-reference comes in is when your program binds  
to the service program.

The service program itself has a copy of the module. The program has  
a reference to the module via the service program.

Clear?

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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