CRE Programmer's Guide

Data Type Correspondence
Common Run-Time Environment (CRE) Programmer’s Guide—528146-004
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Table A-5. Structured, Logical, Set, and File Types
Langauge
Byte-
Addressed
Structure
Word-Addressed
Structure
Logical
(true or
false) Boolean Set File
BASIC -- MAP buffer -- -- -- --
C--struct --------
COBOL -- 01-level RECORD -- -- -- --
FORTRAN RECORD -- LOGICAL
1
-- -- --
SQL---- --------
TAL
pTAL
Byte-
addressed
standard
STRUCT
pointer
Word-addressed
standard STRUCT
pointer
-- -- -- --
Return
Value Size
(Words)
1 or 2,
depends
on
declared
pointer
size
1 or 2, depends on
declared pointer
size
1 or 2,
depends
on
compiler
directive
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1. LOGICAL is normally defined as 2 bytes. The LOGICAL*2 and LOGICAL*4 compiler directives redefine
LOGICAL.