pTAL Reference Manual (H06.08+)

Contents

HP pTAL Reference Manual—523746-006

2. Language Elements

Character Set 2-2

Keywords 2-2

Delimiters 2-4

Operators 2-5

Base Address Symbols 2-7

Indirection Symbols 2-7

Declarations 2-8

Identifiers 2-8

Variables 2-10

Scope 2-10

Constants 2-12

Statements 2-12

3. Data Representation

Data Types 3-1

Specifying Data Types 3-3

Data Type Aliases 3-4

Operations by Data Type 3-4

Address Types 3-5

Storing Addresses in Variables 3-7

Converting Between Address Types and Numeric Data Types 3-7

Converting Between Address Types 3-7

Using Indexes to Access Array Elements 3-9

Incrementing and Decrementing Addresses (Stepping Pointers) 3-10

Constants 3-12

Character String 3-12

STRING Numeric 3-14

INT Numeric 3-15

INT(32) Numeric 3-16

FIXED Numeric 3-17

REAL and REAL(64) Numeric 3-19

Constant Lists 3-21

Constant List Alignment Specification 3-22

4. Data Alignment

Misalignment Tracing Facility 4-1

Misalignment Handling 4-3