Just my take on it, %size returns the number of bytes in storage to be allocated, which is known by the compiler. %len itself is concerned with the data value. Since TEMPLATE definitions do not allocate storage, then there can be no data, therefore no length.
-Eric DeLong
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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marco Facchinetti
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 1:25 PM
To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i
Subject: RNF0655 The item defined with the TEMPLATE keyword cannot be used in this context
Just curious why an item defined with the TEMPLATE keyword is valid as
%SIZE's argument but not for %LEN.
TIA
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