TAL Reference Summary

Error Messages

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31 Only PROC or SUBPROC identifier allowed

A CALL statement specifies an incorrect identifier. In the CALL statement, specify the

identifier of a procedure, subprocedure, or entry point.

32 Type incompatibility

This message indicates one of the following conditions:

An expression contains operands of different data types. To make the types

match, use type-transfer standard functions or specify constants correctly. For

example, for an INT(32) constant, use the D suffix.

A procedure without a return type occurs on the right side of an assignment

statement. Specify only a function in this context.

Either a procedure is declared INT and its FORWARD declaration is declared

INT(32), or a procedure is declared INT(32) and its FORWARD declaration is

declared INT. Make the data type in both declarations match.

A RETURN statement has no return value and the correct number of words for a

return value is not in the register stack. In an INT procedure, for example, specify

an INT value in the RETURN statement.

A RETURN statement specifies a return value of the wrong data type. Specify the

correct data type.

An undeclared variable prefixed by @ is passed as an actual parameter. The

compiler treats the undeclared variable as a label, so if the allocated size of the

formal parameter does not match that of the label address, the compiler issues the

error. Declare the variable before passing it as a parameter.

A character string is assigned to a FIXED or REAL(64) variable. Change the value

from a character string, or change the data type.

33 Illegal global declaration(s)

A declaration occurs for an item (such as a label) that cannot be a global item. At the

global level, you can declare LITERALs, DEFINEs, simple variables, arrays, structures,

simple pointers, structure pointers, and equivalenced variables.

34 Missing variable

A required variable is missing from the current statement. Specify all variables shown

as required in the syntax diagrams in this manual.