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2010-05-24 11:48 by benjk -
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(* information about the compiler *)
to:
(* Information about the compiler *)
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(* information about the compiler's lexical parameters *)
to:
(* Information about the compiler's lexical parameters *)
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<*INLINE*> PROCEDURE MODNAME : ARRAY OF CHAR;
  (* Expands to a string literal containing the name of the enclosing module. *)

<*INLINE*> PROCEDURE PROCNAME: ARRAY OF CHAR;
  (* Expands to a string literal containing the name of the enclosing procedure. *)

<*INLINE*> PROCEDURE LINENO : CARDINAL;
  (* Expands to a decimal number literal with the value of the current line number. *)

<*INLINE*> PROCEDURE ROWNO : CARDINAL;
  (* Expands to a decimal number literal with the value of the current row number. *)

to:
(* MACRO *) PROCEDURE MODNAME : ARRAY OF CHAR;
(* Expands to a string literal with the name of the enclosing module. *)

(* MACRO *) PROCEDURE PROCNAME: ARRAY OF CHAR;
(* Expands to a string literal with the name of the enclosing procedure.*)

(* MACRO *) PROCEDURE LINENO : CARDINAL;
(* Expands to a numeric value with the value of the current line number. *)

(* MACRO *) PROCEDURE ROWNO : CARDINAL;
(* Expands to a numeric value with the value of the current row number. *)


(* introspection *)

(* MACRO *) PROCEDURE IsCompatibleWithType( <T>; var : <AnyType> ) : BOOLEAN;
(* Expands to TRUE if the type of variable <var> is compatible with type <T>,
  expands to FALSE otherwise. *)

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<*INLINE*> PROCEDURE HASH( literal : ARRAY OF CHAR ) : CARDINAL;
  (* Expands to the hash value of literal excluding quotation marks,
    using the compiler's internal hash function. *)

<*INLINE*> PROCEDURE UPPERHASH( literal : ARRAY OF CHAR ) : CARDINAL;
  (* Expands to the hash value of the uppercase representation of literal excluding quotation marks,
    using the compiler's internal hash function. *)
to:
(* MACRO *) PROCEDURE HASH ( literal : ARRAY OF CHAR ) : LONGCARD;
(* Expands to the hash value of literal excluding quotation marks,
  calculated by the compiler's internal hash function. *)

(* MACRO *) PROCEDURE UPPERHASH ( literal : ARRAY OF CHAR ) : LONGCARD;
(* Expands to the hash value of the uppercase representation of literal,
  excluding quotation marks, using the compiler's internal hash function. *)
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2010-03-11 04:00 by benjk -
Changed lines 49-61 from:
(* information about the target architecture *)

<*INLINE*> PROCEDURE TargetArch : ARRAY OF CHAR;
  (* Expands to a string literal containing the name of the target architecture. *)

<*INLINE*> PROCEDURE TargetBigEndian : BOOLEAN;
  (* Expands to TRUE if target architecture is big endian, FALSE otherwise. *)

<*INLINE*> PROCEDURE TargetLittleEndian : BOOLEAN;
  (* Expands to TRUE if target architecture is little endian, FALSE otherwise. *)


(* miscellaneous *)
to:
(* interface to the compiler's built-in hash function *)
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