| Title: | DECmcc user notes file. Does not replace IPMT. |
| Notice: | Use IPMT for problems. Newsletter location in note 6187 |
| Moderator: | TAEC::BEROUD |
| Created: | Mon Aug 21 1989 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Jun 04 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 6497 |
| Total number of notes: | 27359 |
Hi,
When I expand an attribute or an argument definition in LSE, the expanded line
CATEGORIES ends with a comma. This comma is then rejected by the MSL Translator.
Example:
ATTRIBUTE xyz = 1 : SimpleName
(* {text} *)
ACCESS = SETTABLE,
DISPLAY = TRUE,
UNITS = "{text}",
DEFAULT = "My name",
SYMBOL = XYZ,
CATEGORIES = ( CONFIGURATION ), <=========
END ATTRIBUTE xyz;
Additionnaly, the messages generated by the MSL are not very helpful because
the parsing of the whole attribute definition is rejected.
Is it a known problem ?
-- Paul
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 38.1 | MSL template restriction in Reference | TOOK::D_BLACK | Darryl Black | Tue Jan 16 1990 13:05 | 16 |
Is it a known problem?
This is an MSL template restriction, not a problem. Since many of the
arguments for an attribute specification (as well as other stuff in an
MS) are optional, the MSL template has no way of knowing which ones
were chosen, which ones were deleted--hense each argument terminates
with a comma--the more common case. The translator expects the last
item to not have a comma, in most cases.
This restriction is discussed in detail in the documentation, top
paragraph page A-3 (Toolkit Reference).
Darryl
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| 38.2 | suggestion qar | GOSTE::CALLANDER | Wed Jan 24 1990 12:18 | 4 | |
A priority 5, suggestion, qar has also been entered against the
MSL translator requesting a better message on an extra comma.
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