I have no objection. In fact that is how I'm doing it. I was just
thinking about generalizing code and thought if there was a way to get the
structure size from the pointer i'd have something really nifty. But
since I can't, I don't have anything more nifty that what already exists.
Thanks
Bryce Martin
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Re: Trying to get the size of a Datastructure through the pointer?
Possible? Not having good luck with it...
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?
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