pTAL Conversion Guide

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Manual
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Section 18, pTAL Built-In Routines
Deleted:
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“Atomic Operations” topic, which merely defined “atomic operation” and listed
the atomic operations (now the Glossary defines atomic operation and
Table 18-2 on page 18-4 identifies the atomic operations)
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Added: “New” routines deleted from Section 17, TAL Standard Routines
Reorganized: “Considerations” for all built-in routines that were listed at the end of
TNS Instruction Codes Supported by pTAL Built-In Routines on page 18-3 have
been sorted into:
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Parameters to Built-In Routines on page 18-6
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Built-In Routines and Hardware Indicators on page 18-8
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Section 19, Compiler Operation:
Deleted:
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Detailed information covered in the TACL Reference Manual
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For changed directives, information covered in the pTAL Reference Manual
(except differences between TAL and pTAL)
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“Toggles That Identify the Environment” topic
Added:
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Information from the pTAL Reference Manual about new pTAL directives
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Note to the directive SRL on page 19-26
Changed: Syntax of the directive DO_PTAL on page 19-15
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Miscellaneous minor items (identified by change bars)
Moved to This Manual From the pTAL Reference Manual
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Indirection Symbols on page 3-3
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Linking Object Files on page 19-29
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TAL information in:
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Table 4-1, TAL and pTAL Data Types, on page 4-1
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Data in System Global Variables on page 4-7
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Definition Structure Syntax on page 11-10
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Relational Operators and Condition Codes on page 13-10
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$LEN on page 17-8