Re: What is "BASED(StructureTemplate)"

[Niels Liisberg <nli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Me to - mine is just called NULL with the value of .... *NULL :) 


d myTemplateDS                 based(NULL)

the "myTemplate" does not occupy any memory - witch is the hole idea  



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Den 24/11/2010 kl. 02.26 skrev Joe Pluta:

> Yeah, I do that all the time.  I used BASED(@) for all structures that 
> are used only as reference.
>
> Joe
>
> > James,
> >
> > If a pointer is specified in a BASED keyword and it's not explicitly defined
> > elsewhere, the RPG compiler implicitly defines it.
> >
> > Given the name, my guess is that whoever wrote this code probably has a
> > number of structures etc. defined as Based(StructureTemplate) - basically,
> > it's a placeholder, that's never used.
> >
> > Rory
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 4:09 PM, James H. H. Lampert<
> > jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> >
> > > I'm finally working on a V4-compilable version of Scott Klement's
> > > SMTPUTIL, and in ICONV_H, I find a D-spec for "iconv_t" with the keyword
> > > clause "BASED(StructureTemplate)"
> > >
> > > I don't see any basing pointer by that name anywhere (indeed, I can't
> > > find it anywhere else in any of the source members), and I don't see any
> > > reference to it in the V6 ILE RPG manual.
>
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