Re: passing parameters longer than expected

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dave

Is the prototype also using *VARSIZE? That will definitely remove the 
protection - with that, you are responsible for ensuring that the length 
is correct.

On 3/23/2012 6:22 AM, Dave wrote:
> Hi, all,
> I think this subject has been well debated in the past, but I just got
> bitten again and would like to know how to protect myself in the
> future. I copied and adapted some code and did not realise until well
> into testing that I was passing a 100A parameter to a procedure
> expecting 45A. I believe that when CONST is specified, the compiler
> converts the parameter and there is no warning. I'm still wondering
> why as I think that prototyping was introduced in order to protect one
> against this sort of error. Now I discover that many other procedures
> are doing the same call and I have to analyze to see if I can just go
> ahead and change the 45A parameter to 100A