pTAL Conversion Guide

What’s New in This Manual
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New
New
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Information about the EpTAL compiler, throughout this manual, but especially
important in:
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Table 18-2, pTAL Built-In Routines That TAL Does Not Support, on page 18-4
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Section 19, Compiler Operation
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$TRIGGER on page 18-48
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CALL_SHARED on page 19-13
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Glossary
Changed
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Syntax diagrams, from bracket-and-brace style to railroad-track style (only those
whose syntax was changed or corrected have change bars)
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Terms “TAL standard routines” and “pTAL built-in routines,” from “functions” to
“routines” (not all of these routines are functions)
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About This Manual on page xxv
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Section 1, Introduction
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Section 4, Data Representation
Deleted (because they are the same in pTAL and TAL):
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“Constant Expressions in Data Type Names” topic
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“Data Type Aliases” topic
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Arrays of Addresses on page 9-4
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Declaring Pointers on page 10-2
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Definition Structure Syntax on page 11-10
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Template Structure Syntax on page 11-13
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Section 17, TAL Standard Routines
Deleted:
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$EXTADDR
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$IS_CALLER_PRIV
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“New” routines (moved to Section 18, pTAL Built-In Routines)