TAL Reference Manual

Procedures

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Procedure Declaration

parameter-list

has the form:

param-name

is the identifier of a formal parameter. A procedure can have up to 32 formal

parameters, with no limit on the number of words of parameters.

param-pair

is a pair of formal parameter identifiers that comprises of a language-

independent string descriptor in the form:

string

is the identifier of a standard or extended STRING simple pointer. The actual

parameter is the identifier of a STRING array or simple pointer declared inside

or outside a structure.

length

is the identifier of a directly addressed INT simple variable. The actual

parameter is an INT expression that specifies the length of

string, in bytes.

proc-attribute

is a procedure attribute, as described in Procedure Attributes on page 13-5. The

TAL compiler ignores extra commas between attributes and before and after the

list of attributes.

param-spec

specifies the parameter type of a formal parameter and whether it is a value or

reference parameter, as described in Formal Parameter Specifications

page 13-8.

VST1303.vsd

param-name

)(

param-pair

VST1304.vsd

string

length