pTAL Conversion Guide

Procedures, Subprocedures, and Procedure

Pointers

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Procedure Syntax

proc-attribute

For descriptions of individual attributes (MAIN, INTERRUPT, and so on), see the

TAL Reference Manual or the pTAL Reference Manual.

param-spec

specifies the parameter type of a formal parameter and whether it is a value or

reference parameter, as described in the TAL Reference Manual.

proc-body

is a BEGIN-END construct that contains local declarations and statements, as

described in the TAL Reference Manual.

FORWARD

specifies that the procedure body is declared later in the compilation.

EXTERNAL

specifies that the procedure body is either declared in another compilation unit or

later in this compilation unit.

MAIN

INTERRUPT

RESIDENT

CALLABLE

PRIV

VARIABLE

( count )

EXTENSIBLE

RETURNSCC

OVERFLOW_TRAPS

NOOVERFLOW_TRAPS

LANGUAGE

COBOL

FORTRAN

PASCAL

UNSPECIFIED

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