TAL Reference Manual

Equivalenced Variables

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Base-Address Equivalenced Simple Variable

A base-address equivalenced simple variable declaration associates a new simple

variable with a global, local, or top-of-stack base address.

type

is any data type except UNSIGNED.

variable

is the identifier of a simple variable to be made equivalent to base-address.

base-address

is one of the following base address symbols:

index and offset

are equivalent INT values giving a location in the following ranges:

Considerations

If you use the Common Run-Time Environment (CRE), locations G[0] and G[1] are not

available for your data (as described in the

TAL Programmer’s Guide). References to

'G', 'L', or 'S' are not portable to future software platforms.

'G' Denotes global addressing relative to G[0]

'L' Denotes local addressing relative to L[0]

'S' Denotes top-of-stack addressing relative to S[0]

0 through 255 For 'G' addressing

–255 through 127 For 'L' addressing

–31 through 0 For 'S' addressing

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index

]

offset

;

base-address

identifier

type