TACL Reference Manual

Statements and Programs
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?TACL Directive
example shows how to load two libraries, retaining only one level of each variable
in the libraries:
17> LOAD /KEEP 1/ mykeys mymacs
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To invoke a variable after it is loaded, type the variable name.
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To process a file, TACL pushes the variable for each ?SECTION directive, sets its
contents to type, and makes body the new top-level definition of the variable.
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As a library is loaded, comments are removed to conserve variable space. Any line
that is blank, or that becomes blank because of comment removal, is discarded.
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For additional information about creating and accessing a file with the ?SECTION
directive, see Creating Program Files on page 5-12.
?TACL Directive
Use the ?TACL directive to specify that the TACL statements following the directive in
a file are the contents of a TACL variable. The syntax of the directive is:
?TACL variable-type
variable-type
specifies the type of TACL variable: TEXT, ALIAS, MACRO, ROUTINE, STRUCT,
DIRECTORY, or DELTA.
Considerations
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The ?TACL directive, if specified, must be the first line of the file.
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To cause TACL to interpret or execute the contents of the file, type the file name.
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For additional information about creating and accessing a file with the ?TACL
directive, see Creating Program Files on page 5-12.
TACL Programs
A program consists of one or more statements. You can enter the statements
interactively or store them in a file. This subsection contains information about TACL
programs:
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The structure of a TACL program.
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A description of how TACL interprets statements.
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Instructions for creating and accessing three types of program files.
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A description of completion code information.
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A description of TACL error types.