TAL Reference Summary

LITERAL and DEFINE Declarations
TAL Reference Summary
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Declarations Declaration syntax diagrams describe:
LITERALs and DEFINEs
Simple variables
Arrays and read-only arrays
Structures—definition structures, template structures, referral structures
Structure items—simple variables, arrays, substructures, filler bytes, filler bits,
simple pointers, structure pointers, and redefinitions
Simple pointers and structure pointers
Equivalenced variables
NAMEs and BLOCKs
Procedures and subprocedures
LITERAL and DEFINE
Declarations
The following syntax diagrams describe LITERAL and DEFINE declarations.
LITERALs A LITERAL associates an identifier with a constant.
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LITERAL
,
identifier
= constant
;
DEFINEs A DEFINE associates an identifier (and parameters if any) with text.
DEFINE
(
,
=
param-
name
identifier
,
019
)
define-
body
;
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