Guardian Application Conversion Guide

New and Changed Information
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The following changes have been made to the Guardian Application Conversion Guide for
this edition:
The name of this guide has been changed from the Guardian 90 Operating System
Application Conversion Guide to the Guardian Application Conversion Guide.
Section 8, “Converting Other Parts of an Application,” has been updated to
include information on converting applications to use the ADDRESS_DELIMIT_
and SEGMENT_USE_ procedures.
Section 9, “Converting to TNS/R Systems,” is new. Most of the information in this
section applies to all TNS/R systems. Some of the information on data swap file
size, however, applies only to D20 TNS/R systems.
The list of system procedures in Appendix A has been updated to include the
ADDRESS_DELIMIT_ and SEGMENT_USE_ procedures.
Appendix D, “Considerations for Migrating Any Application,” contains the
following additions:
A discussion of condition codes.
A discussion of the MLAM PORT interface.
A discussion of bounds checking of reference parameters.
A discussion of ensuring adequate pool space.
The glossary has been updated to add TNS/R terms that are used in this edition.