pTAL Reference Manual (H06.08+)
Differences Between the pTAL and EpTAL Compilers
HP pTAL Reference Manual—523746-006
C-2
Routines
Routines
Routine or Attribute pTAL Compiler EpTAL Compiler
INTERRUPT attribute Not recognized
RETURN statement Issues a warning if a
RETURN statement
includes both a
result-expression
and a cc-expression
(see Appendix D,
RETURN, RETURNSCC,
and C/C++ on TNS/E)
$AXADR routine Not supported except as a
DEFINE
name
$EXECUTEIO routine Not supported
$FREEZE routine Not supported except as a
DEFINE name. Use
$TRIGGER instead.
$HALT routine Not supported except as a
DEFINE name. Use
$TRIGGER instead.
$INTERROGATEHIO routine Not supported
$INTERROGATEIO routine Not supported
$LOCATESPTHDR routine Not supported
$LOCKPAGE routine Not supported
$READBASELIMIT routine Not supported
$READSPT routine Not supported
$STACKALLOCATE routine
•
If size is not an
integral multiple of 8,
$STACK_ALLOCATE
rounds size up to the
next integral multiple of
8.
•
The returned value is
aligned to an 8-byte
boundary.
•
If size is not an
integral multiple of 16,
$STACK_ALLOCATE
rounds size up to the
next integral multiple of
16.
•
The returned value is
aligned to a 16-byte
boundary.
$UNLOCKPAGE routine Not supported
$TRIGGER routine Not supported
$UNLOCKPAGE routine Not supported
$WRITEPTE routine Not supported










