Re: Trying to get the size of a Datastructure through the pointer? Possible? Not having good luck with it... -- RPG400-L

Subject: Re: Trying to get the size of a Datastructure through the pointer? Possible? Not having good luck with it...
From: Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:22:33 -0600
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Hi Bryce,

My question, is it possible to get the size of MasterList_T from its
basing pointer? Is there a bif or something that will let me get
it?

RPG does not have "typed pointers". A pointer in RPG does not imply a particular data type/structure layout. It simply points to a byte in the system. And a byte is always 1 byte long! :)

The correct way to find out the size of the pointer is by doing %size(MasterList_t), in other words, asking for the size of the thing the pointer is based on. What is your objection to that technique?

Follow-Ups:

Re: Trying to get the size of a Datastructure through the pointer? Possible? Not having good luck with it... , Bryce Martin
Re: Trying to get the size of a Datastructure through the pointer? Possible? Not having good luck with it... , Jeff Young

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