Updated: 11 December 1998

OpenVMS Programming Interfaces: Calling a System Routine

Appendix B
Appendix B	OpenVMS Data Types
B.1	OpenVMS Data Types
B.2	Ada Implementations
B.3	APL Implementations
B.4	BASIC Implementations
B.5	BLISS Implementations
B.6	C and C++ Implementations
B.7	COBOL Implementations
B.8	FORTRAN Implementations
B.9	Pascal Implementations
B.10	PL/I Implementations
B.11	VAX MACRO Implementations
B.12	RPG II Implementations
B.13	SCAN Implementations
Index
Index
Examples
4-1	Example of SYS$SYNCH System Service in FORTRAN
4-2	System Service Call in Ada
4-3	System Service Call in BASIC
4-4	System Service Call in BLISS
4-5	System Service Call in C
4-6	System Service Call in COBOL
4-7	System Service Call in FORTRAN
4-8	System Service Call in Pascal
4-9	System Service Call in VAX MACRO
A-1	Using Keywords with the$ name_S Macro
A-2	Specifying Arguments in Positional Order with the$ name_S Macro
A-3	Using Keywords with the$ name Macro
A-4	Specifying Arguments in Positional Order with the$ name Macro
Figures
2-1	Call Frame Generated by CALLG and CALLS Instructions
2-2	Fixed-Size Stack Frame Format
2-3	Variable-Size Stack Frame Format
2-4	Structure of a VAX Argument List
2-5	Alpha Argument List Format
2-6	Argument Information (AI) Register (R25) Format
2-7	Alpha Procedure Argument-Passing Mechanisms
2-8	VAX Procedure Argument-Passing Mechanisms
2-9	Atomic Data Types and Descriptor Classes
2-10	String Data Types and Descriptor Classes
2-11	Miscellaneous Data Types and Descriptor Classes
2-12	Condition Value Format
3-1	Calling the Run-Time Library
Tables
1-1	Main Headings in the Documentation Format for System Routines
1-2	General Rules of Syntax for Procedure Call Formats
1-3	Standard Data Types and Their Descriptor Field Symbols
1-4	Descriptor Classes of Passing Mechanisms
2-1	VAX Register Usage
2-2	Alpha Integer Registers
2-3	Alpha Floating-Point Registers
2-4	Contents of the Argument Information (AI) Register (Alpha only)
2-5	String-Passing Descriptors
4-1	OpenVMS System Access Modes
4-2	Severity Codes of Condition Value Returned
5-1	Structures used by_NEW_STARLET prototypes
A-1	Generic Argument List Macros of the System Service Interface
B-1	OpenVMS Usage Data Type Entries
B-2	Ada Implementations
B-3	APL Implementations
B-4	BASIC Implementations
B-5	BLISS Implementations
B-6	C and C++ Implementations
B-7	COBOL Implementations
B-8	FORTRAN Implementations
B-9	Pascal Implementations
B-10	PL/I Implementations
B-11	VAX MACRO Implementations
B-12	RPG II Implementations
B-13	SCAN Implementations

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