TAL Reference Summary

Structure Declarations

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Read-Only Arrays A read-only array associates an identifier with a one-dimensional and nonmodifiable

set of elements of the same data type. A read-only array is located in a user code

segment.

identifier

lower-

bound

[

upper-

bound

type =

]

:= initialization

;'p'

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Structure Declarations The following syntax diagrams describe:

Structures—definition structures, template structures, referral structures

Structure items—simple variables, arrays, substructures, filler bytes, filler bits,

simple pointers, structure pointers, and redefinitions

Definition Structures A definition structure associates an identifier with a structure layout and allocates

storage for it.

identifierSTRUCT

.EXT

lower-

bound

[

upper-

bound

;

]

structure-

layout

023

;

Template Structures A template structure associates an identifier with a structure layout but allocates no

storage for it.

024

identifier

STRUCT

;

structure-

layout

( )

;