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Section 3 Developing TACL Routines

Processing Arguments 3-1

How #ARGUMENT Works 3-3

Using #ARGUMENT 3-4

Examining the Contents of Arguments 3-9

Parsing Arguments for a Caller 3-11

Returning Results 3-15

Calling a Routine Recursively 3-16

Exiting From a Routine 3-17

Writing an Exception Handler 3-18

Types of Exception Handlers 3-19

Constructing an Exception Handler 3-19

Creating a Release Exception Handler 3-20

Creating a Keep Exception Handler 3-24

Combining Keep and Release Handlers 3-30

Section 4 Accessing Files

#REQUESTER Operation 4-1

Requesting Waited Reads 4-2

Requesting Nowaited Reads 4-4

Requesting Waited Writes 4-6

Requesting Nowaited Writes 4-8

Copying Records Between Files 4-10

Comparing Files 4-12

Listing a File 4-16

Section 5 Initiating and Communicating With Processes

Initiating a Process 5-2

Using RUN and #NEWPROCESS Options 5-2

Sending Information at Initiation Time 5-3

Communicating With a Process 5-4

Using the INLINE Facility 5-6

Using INV and OUTV 5-14

Using $RECEIVE 5-21

Using #SERVER 5-29

Using Define Process 5-31

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