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.TITLE ^^GLOB5B.DOC - CHANGES FROM GLOB VERSION 5A TO VERSION 5B, 19-JUL-75.
^^GLOB5B.DOC#-#CHANGES FROM GLOB VERSION 5A TO VERSION 5B, 19-JUL-75.

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***C\\OPYRIGHT 1974, 1975 ^DIGITAL ^EQUIPMENT ^CORPORATION, ^MAYNARD, ^MASSACHUSETTS***
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1.0	^^SUMMARY\\
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^THIS RELEASE OF ^^GLOB\\ FIXES ALL KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH ^^GLOB\\. ^^GLOB\\
VERSION 5^B IS REQUIRED TO GENERATE A GLOBAL CROSS REFERENCE LISTING
FOR THE 6.02 ^^KI10 \O\R KL10\\ MONITORS. ^ALL ^S^P^RS RECEIVED
PRIOR TO 1 ^JULY 1975 ARE SOLVED BY THIS RELEASE.
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^THIS RELEASE WILL RUN ON ALL SUPPORTED MONITORS. ^IT HAS BEEN TESTED ON 6.02.
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2.0	^^EXTERNAL CHANGES\\
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^THIS RELEASE INCLUDES 9 EDITS:
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^EDIT#_#117#-#^CHANGES /^H PROCESSOR TO USE ^^HELPER\\ ^CHANGES VERSION DEFINITION TO STANDARD FORMAT
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^EDIT#_#_120#-#^ADDS DEFENSIVE CODE TO HANDLE ^^REL\\ FILES WITH NO NAME BLOCKS OR MULTIPLE NAME BLOCKS
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^EDIT#_#_121#-#^CLEANS UP PROBLEM WITH REINITIALIZATION AFTER COMPLETING OUTPUT
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^EDIT#_#_122#-#^MAKES /^X ON DESTINATION SIDE WORK
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^EDIT#_#_123#-#^MAKES /^X ON SOURCE SIDE WORK
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^EDIT#_#124#-#^MAKES ^^GLOB\\ GET LENGTH OF SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT RELOCATION GROUPS OF A BLOCK CORRECT
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^EDIT#_#_125#-#^MAKES ^^GLOB\\ HANDLE BLOCK TYPE 0 CORRECTLY
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^EDIT#_#126#-#^ALLOW ^^ASCII\\ TEXT IN THE .^^REL\\ FILE,SINCE THAT IS WHAT THE .^^TEXT\\ PSEUDO-OP DOES IN ^^MACRO\\ ^V50
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^EDIT#_#127#-#^ADD SUPPORT FOR BLOCK TYPE 100(^^ASSIGN).

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3.0	^^CHANGES IN ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS\\
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^^GLOB\\ NOW MUST BE LOADED WITH ^^HELPER\\ (EDIT _#117).
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^THUS THE ^ASSEMBLY ^INSTRUCTIONS ARE:
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		.^^LOAD GLOB,SYS:HELPER
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		.^^SSAVE DSK:GLOB\\
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4.0	^^KNOWN BUGS AND DEFICIENCIES
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GLOB\\ IS NOT PREPARED FOR ^^FORTRAN\\-10 - IT DOES NOT LIST
^^FORTRAN\\-10 ^^COMMON\\ BLOCK NAMES
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5.0	^^CHANGES IN INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS\\
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^THERE ARE NO CHANGES IN THE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS.
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6.0	^^INTERNAL CHANGES\\
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^THERE ARE NO INTERNAL CHANGES.
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.TITLE ^^APPENDIX#A#-#GLOB.DOC#-#CHANGES FROM VERSION 5 TO 5A
^^GLOB\\ VERSION 5^A
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^C ^MC^COMAS
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 9 ^AUG 72
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^EDIT 2
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^COPYRIGHT 1972, ^DIGITAL ^EQUIPMENT ^CORP., ^MAYNARD, ^MASS.
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0.	^^SUMMARY OF CHANGES FROM GLOB VERSION 5 TO VERSION 5^A
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^^GLOB\\  VERSION 5^A DIFFERS FROM VERSION 5 IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:
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(1) ^IT RUNS APPROXIMATELY 30 TIMES AS FAST AS THE PREVIOUS VERSION. ^THANKS TO ^DAVID ^PENSAK OF ^HARVARD ^UNIVERSITY FOR THE CHANGES THAT ENABLES THIS DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENT.
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(2) ^^GLOB\\ NOW HAS A ^^HELP\\ FILE.
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(3) ^THE USE OF AN ILLEGAL SWITCH NOW RESULTS IN THE MESSAGE "?ILLEGAL SWITCH".
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(4) ^SEVERAL BUG FIXES.
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^^GLOB\\ VERSION 5^A IS BEING RELEASED BECAUSE CHANGE (1) IS A TREMENDOUS BENEFIT TO ALL USERS, AND BECAUSE THE OTHER CHANGES ARE USEFUL AS WELL.
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^^GLOB\\ VERSION 5^A COMPLETELY REPLACES ALL PREVIOUS VERSIONS AND RUNS UNDER ALL MONITORS.
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^^GLOB\\ 5^A DEPENDS ON ^^FUDGE\\2 VERSION 14(22) (WHICH HAS BEEN FIELD IMAGE FOR OVER SIX MONTHS). ^^FUDGE\\ FILES PRODUCED BY EARLIER VERSIONS OF ^^FUDGE\\2 MAY NOT GLOB PROPERLY WITH ^^GLOB\\ VERSION 5^A.
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1.	^^NEW FEATURES\\
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1.1	^^GLOB\\ NOW HAS A ^^HELP FILE, GLOB.HLP\\
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1.2	^THE USE OF AN ILLEGAL SWITCH NOW RESULTS IN THE MESSAGE "?ILLEGAL SWITCH".
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1.3	^^GLOB\\ VERSION 5^A RUNS APPROXIMATELY 30 TIMES AS FAST AS THE PREVIOUS VERSION (5). ^THANKS TO ^DAVID ^PENSAK OF ^HARVARD ^UNIVERSITY FOR SENDING IN THE CODE ENABLING THIS DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENT.
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2.	^^BUG FIXES\\
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2.1	^^HELP\\ MESSAGE NOW SAYS "ERRORNEOUS" FOR THE /^E SWITCH.(^^SPR\\ 10-7569)
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2.2	^^COMMON\\ SYMBOLS IN ^^FORTRAN IV\\ ROUTINES ARE NOW LISTED AS DEFINED, EVEN IF THE DEFINING PROGRAM COMES AFTER THE FIRST REFERENCE.(^^SPR\\ 10-7740)
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2.3	^^GLOB\\ NO LONGER LOOPS AFTER FINDING A MULTIPLY SPECIFIED SYMBOL IN A ^^FORTRAN IV\\ ROUTINE.(^^SPR\\ 10-7740)
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2.4	^NOW THAT ^^FUDGE\\2 HAS BEEN FIXED, ^^GLOB\\ NO LONGER CONTAINS A PATCH TO THROW AWAY A WASTED WORD IN INDEXED FILES.(^^SPR\\ 10-6664)
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^NOTE: THE CHANGE IN ^^FUDGE\\2 REFERRED TO WAS MADE IN ^^FUDGE\\2 VERSION 14(22) EXCEPT THAT AT THE USER'S OPTION THIS CHANGE COULD BE ASSEMBLED OUT. THE CHANGE IS MADE NON-OPTIONAL IN ^^FUDGE\\2 VERSION 15(45).
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2.5	^^GLOB\\ NOW MAKES ALLOWANCE FOR SPECIAL BLOCK TYPES OUTPUT FOR ^^MANTIS\\.
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2.6	^^GLOB\\ NOW RESETS THE DEFAULT DEVICES TO '^^DSK\\' AND THE DEFAULT OUTPUT FILENAME TO '^^GLOB.GLB'\\ FOR EACH COMMAND LINE INSTEAD OF KEEPING THE SAME VALUE AS FOR THE PREVIOUS LINE.(^^SPR\\ 10-8218)
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3.	^^DEFCIENCIES\\
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