TAL Reference Manual

TAL Syntax Summary (Bracket-and-Brace Diagrams)

Appendix C—526371.001

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NAME and BLOCK Declarations

The following syntax diagrams describe NAME and BLOCK declarations.

NAMEs

The NAME declaration assigns an identifier to a compilation unit and to its private

global data block if it has one.

BLOCKs

The BLOCK declaration groups global data declarations into a named or private

relocatable global data block.

Procedure and Subprocedure Declarations

The following syntax diagrams describe procedure, subprocedure, entry-point, and

label declarations.

Procedures

A procedure is a program unit that is callable from anywhere in the program.

type is one of:

{ STRING }

{ { INT | REAL } [ (

width ) ] }

{ UNSIGNED (

width ) }

{ FIXED [ (

fpoint | * ) ] }

NAME identifier ;

BLOCK { identifier } [ AT (0) ];

{ PRIVATE } [ BELOW (64) ]

[ BELOW (256) ]

[ data-declaration ; ] ...

END BLOCK ;

[ type ] PROC identifier [ public-name-spec ]

[ parameter-list ]

[ proc-attribute [ , proc-attribute ] ... ] ;

[ param-spec ; ] . . .

{ proc-body } ;

{ EXTERNAL }

{ FORWARD }