ILPOINTER-REFERENCE

Restriction: This directive is supported for JVM COBOL, but not native COBOL.
Determines if pointer parameters are passed to a method BY REFERENCE if the passing method is omitted.

Syntax:

>>---ILPOINTER-REFERENCE-----><

Parameters:

None

Properties:

Default: NOILPOINTER-REFERENCE
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Comments:

When ILPOINTER-REFERENCE is specified, pointers with no passing method specified are passed BY REFERENCE; otherwise, by default (NOILPOINTER-REFERENCE) the pointer is passed BY VALUE,

Parent topic: Reference, Resource and Namespace Directives
Parent topic: Compiler Directives - Alphabetical List