pTAL Conversion Guide

Constants, LITERALs, and DEFINEs

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DEFINE Declarations

TAL

You can use a reserved word as a formal parameter identifier in a define declaration.

pTAL

You cannot use a reserved word as a formal parameter identifier in a define

declaration. This statement is valid in TAL but not in pTAL:

DEFINE x(cond, int) = IF cond THEN GOTO int#;

You must change int to an identifier that is not a pTAL reserved word.