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2010-05-24 11:48 by benjk -
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(* information about the compiler *)

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(* Information about the compiler *)

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(* information about the compiler's lexical parameters *)

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(* 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. *)
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(* 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 Is Compatible With Type?( <T>; var : <Any Type?> ) : 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. *)
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(* 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 -
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(* information about the target architecture *)

<*INLINE*> PROCEDURE Target Arch? : ARRAY OF CHAR; 

  (* Expands to a string literal containing the name of the target architecture. *)

<*INLINE*> PROCEDURE Target Big Endian? : BOOLEAN; 

  (* Expands to TRUE if target architecture is big endian, FALSE otherwise. *)

<*INLINE*> PROCEDURE Target Little Endian? : BOOLEAN; 

  (* Expands to TRUE if target architecture is little endian, FALSE otherwise. *)

(* miscellaneous *)

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

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