I Need One (was Re: Translating Pascal ==> C: nested procedures)

Daniel F. Conway conway at hpdtl.HP.COM
Fri Jun 9 05:42:46 AEST 1989


chris at mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) replies to rang at cpsin3.cps.msu.edu (Anton Rang):
>
>>For instance, suppose I have:
>>
>>		procedure insert_in_symtab(what : node);
>
>[Underscores are not legal in Pascal; perhaps you mean

They are legal in every Pascal compiler that I use.

>		procedure insertinsymtab(what : node);
>
>:-) (actually, it should be all uppercase as well, but that goes *too* far)]

I recall seeing this restriction in an early version of the P4 compiler that I
used in 1978.  I am not aware of this being a problem in any modern
implementation of Pascal.

Dan Conway
dan_conway at hplabs.hp.com



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