TAL Programmer's Guide

Parameter Masks
Using Procedures
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EXTENSIBLE Parameter Area
Figure 11-8 shows the parameter area of PROC_D when PROC_D is called by
D_CALLER in the preceding example. The figure shows:
Storage allocation for the formal parameters of PROC_D
Storage of actual parameters passed by D_CALLER
Storage of the parameter mask of PROC_D
Storage of the number of parameter words passed