pTAL Reference Manual (H06.08+)

Structures
HP pTAL Reference Manual—523746-006
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Simple Pointer
REFALIGNED
specifies the base alignment of the structures that the structure pointer will
reference.
2
references a structure that might not be well-aligned.
8
indicates that the base of the structure and the fields in the structure are well
aligned in memory
previous-identifier
is the identifier of a simple variable, array, substructure, or pointer previously
declared in the same structure. No index is allowed with this identifier.
Example 9-48. Simple Pointer Redefinition
STRUCT my_struct;
BEGIN
STRING var[0:5]; ! Simple variable
STRING .EXT ext_pointer = var; ! Redefine var as simple
! pointer, ext_pointer
END;