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EDIT DESCRIPTIONS FOR APLSF-10-V2
EDIT 531 FOR APLSF
[SYMPTOM]
If the input line was the last line in the file, and it did
not have a CR at the end of the line, a SYNTAX ERROR, VALUE
ERROR, or SYSTEM ERROR results.
[DIAGNOSIS]
A null codestring gets created, and the activation record
does not point to any codestring. The syntax machine gets
confused somewhere, and generates various errors.
[CURE]
Instead of making the input look like CR LF ZILGN, append CR
LF ZILGN to the input and continue. If it is really the end
of file, then the correct value (0 75 .RO 0) is still
returned.
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EDIT 533 FOR APLSF
[SYMPTOM]
A system error can result after loading a workspace that
just barely fits into memory.
[DIAGNOSIS]
APLSF needs a small amount of free memory in any workspace
to create the next codestring to be executed. If the
codestring space isn't available, a system error is usually
the result.
[CURE]
Before a new workspace is loaded, make sure that there will
be enough memory for the new workspace and the next
codestring. This means that a workspace that could
previously be loaded in 20K may now require 21K.
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EDIT 534 FOR APLSF
S
The expression 'M"-$"LI9' $ .NG1 gets an "illegal
instruction" trap.
D
The wrong register was being used to calculate the
left-justification caused by the L qualifier. This
clobbered the register that held the length of the M
qualifier (left decoration on minus).
C
Use the correct register.
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EDIT 535 FOR APLSF
[SYMPTOM]
The APL character .LD doesn't work properly in filenames.
[DIAGNOSIS]
Device names, file names, and extensions were not allowed to
begin with .LD . The at sign in the filename was translated
into .DD instead of .LD . On the 20, /DA and /BU files with
at signs gave various errors.
[CURE]
Allow device names, file names, and extensions to begin with
.LD . Make sure that the at sign in the filespec is
translated into .LD . On the 20, put a control V in front
of the at sign in the filename so the monitor won't treat it
as a special character.
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EDIT 536 FOR APLSF
[SYMPTOM]
Edit 531 only worked if the last line in the file has one character.
[DIAGNOSIS]
In QUOTL, CR LF and ZILGN were being put in the text string after the
first character, effectively truncating it.
[CURE]
Don't insert CR LF ZILGN into the string at all. They are already at
the end of the string. Just update INPTR properly and continue.
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EDIT 537 FOR APLSF
[SYMPTOM]
Blanks disappear from the middle of lines with edit 511
installed.
[DIAGNOSIS]
Characters are converted from ninebit to ASCII one at a time
and put in AOBUF. Characters are output whenever AOBUF gets
full. When the buffer is output, APL cannot tell if the
blanks it sees at the end of AOBUF are actually at the end
of a line.
[CURE]
Remove edit 511. The problem of trailing blanks at the end
of the line will a restriction until the next development
release.
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END OF APLSF-10-V2