Re: Explanation of a datastructure as a parameter... -- RPG400-L

Subject: Re: Explanation of a datastructure as a parameter...
From: Dave <dfx1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 23:24:01 +0200
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2012/6/15 Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

On 2012-06-15, at 4:56 PM, rpg400-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Using CONST won't ensure that the DS cannot be modified in and of itself.

What does that mean exactly, Jon?

fwiw, all our external calls are made using 2 DS, one for input (CONST) and
the other for output parameters. In doing so we rejected any future use of
keywords on specific parameters.

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