TAL Reference Summary

Error Messages

096256 Tandem Computers Incorporated 107

166 Illegal public name encountered

An incorrect public name appears. Specify a public name only in a D-series

EXTERNAL procedure declaration, using the identifier format of the language in

which the external routine is written (C, COBOL85, FORTRAN, Pascal, or TAL).

168 Use a DUMPCONS directive before the atomic operation

Constants included in the code make it impossible to specify an atomic operation here.

Use the DUMPCONS directive to move the constants out of the way.

169 Increase the size of the internal heap of the compiler

by recompiling with the EXTENDTALHEAP directive

The internal heap of the compiler is too small. Specify the EXTENDTALHEAP

directive in the compilation command in all subsequent compilations. An example is:

TAL /in mysrc/ myobj; EXTENDTALHEAP 120

175 $OPTIONAL is only allowed as an actual parameter or

parameter pair

An incorrect item appears as an argument to $OPTIONAL. On the right side of the

comma in the argument list to $OPTIONAL, specify only an actual parameter or an

actual parameter pair. For example:

PROC p1 (str:len, b) EXTENSIBLE;

STRING .str;

INT len;

INT b;

BEGIN

!Lots of code

END;

PROC p2;

BEGIN

STRING .s[0:79];

INT i:= 1;

INT j:= 1;

CALL p1 ($OPTIONAL (i < 9, s:i), !Parameter pair

$OPTIONAL (j > 2, j) ); !Parameter

END;