Re: Redefining a DS

[Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Simon Coulter wrote:
> You might WANT to do it that way but you don't NEED to do it that way-- 
> at least not in RPG.
>
> D myString        S            256
> C                   MOVE      *ALL'*-'      myString
> C                   EVAL      myString = *ALL'*-'
>   /FREE
>      myString = *ALL'*-';
>
> same result--more obvious code. COBOL has support for ALL literal too  
> but I'm afraid certain less feature rich languages do not. Oh well.
>
>   

As I noted in my previous post, you can't set the buffer to a computed 
value.  A syntax like *ALL(varname) would fix that, but alas there is no 
such thing.  So yes, as Dennis points out, the assumption (whoever makes 
it, compiler or OS) creates a loss of function, however minor.

Joe