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TOPS20 Change Order Number 4.2307
Written by: R.ACE 22-Jun-79 07:14:45
Edit checked: NO Document: NO
TCO Tested: NO Maintenance Release: NO
Hardware-related: NO
Program: MACSYM
Related TCO's:
Related SPR's:
Problem: THE FLDDB. MACRO USES THE INTRINSIC INSTRUCTION "Z", WHICH
CAN HAVE SOME UNEXPECTED RESULTS IF THE PROGRAMMER DEFINES A SYMBOL
"Z" BEFORE INVOKING THE MACRO.
Diagnosis: NUANCES OF MACRO-20 AND USE OF "Z" IN DEFINITION OF FLDDB.
Solution: IN DEFINITION OF FLDDB., CHANGE <Z LST> TO <0,,LST>
TOPS20 Change Order Number 4.2453
Written by: R.ACE 11-Sep-79 07:14:10
Edit checked: YES Document: NO
TCO Tested: YES Maintenance Release: NO
Hardware-related: NO
Program: MACSYM
Related TCO's:
Related SPR's:
Problem: WHEN MACSYM REPORTS AN UNDEFINED SYMBOL, IT SAYS,
SYMBOL IS NOT DEFINED
THIS DOESN'T CAUSE BATCH JOBS TO BOMB OUT.
Diagnosis: A QUESTION MARK SHOULD PRECEDE THE MESSAGE.
Solution: PUT A QUESTION MARK BEFORE THE MESSAGE, SO IT WILL READ,
?SYMBOL IS NOT DEFINED
TOPS20 Change Order Number 4.2506
Written by: OSMAN 2-Oct-79 15:05:14
Edit checked: NO Document: NO
TCO Tested: NO Maintenance Release: NO
Hardware-related: NO
Program: MACSYM
Related TCO's:
Related SPR's:
Problem: BRKCH. ","
as a MACRO program line fails.
Diagnosis: MACRO treats comma as an argument separator
Solution: When calling BRK1 in BRKCH., use a dummy variable (%%FOO) which is
set to value of argument, instead of trying to pass argument as a literal
string.
TOPS20 Change Order Number 4.2536
Written by: ZIMA 19-Oct-79 13:32:12
Edit checked: NO Document: NO
TCO Tested: NO Maintenance Release: NO
Hardware-related: NO
Program: MACSYM
Related TCO's:
Related SPR's:
Problem:
Any use of the MACSYM macro PERSTR generates "U" errors from MACRO.
Diagnosis:
The symbol JSMSG0 should be made external.
Solution:
Put JSMSG0 in the EXTERN for JSERR0, etc.
TOPS20 Change Order Number 4.2570
Written by: OSMAN 9-Nov-79 13:44:25
Edit checked: NO Document: YES
TCO Tested: NO Maintenance Release: NO
Hardware-related: NO
Program: MACSYM
Related TCO's:
Related SPR's:
Problem: SYMBOL V1 IS USED IN MACSYM AND PROGRAMS THAT SEARCH MACSYM
Diagnosis: IF programs reference V1 before they define V1, they will get
the MACSYM one.
Solution: Change V1 to ..V1, which conforms more to the standard for what
symbols we're allowed to use in monitor universals.