RE: [MI400] OK I give up - can't compile this MI source

[Paul Jackson <pjackson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

yes, I had the hex dump at the end of the compile listing also. Interesting!

-----Original Message-----
From: James H H Lampert [mailto:jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 1:40 PM
To: mi400@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [MI400] OK I give up - can't compile this MI source


> THANK YOU, THANK YOU, I didn't know about the colon requirement.

Yes, that was the first thing I noticed, too. The technical term is
"relative branch target." Without a colon, the compiler can't digest a
relative branch. (Pun intended.)

Usually when I leave one out, QPRCRTPG crashes, and puts many, many pages
of hex-dump at the end of the compilation listing. Once in a great while,
something will compile fine with a missing relative branch target, which
is kind of scary.

Nothing like wasting a 20-minute compilation of a 24,000-line source
member, because of a typo in one line.

Personally, I'm surprised it accepted such long identifiers. I don't use
any longer than about 8-10 characters.

--
JHHL


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