PASCAL(1) PASCAL(1)
NAME
pascal - language interpreter
SYNOPSIS
pascal [ options ] [ -i name ... ] [ name.p ] [ obj [ argu-
ment ... ] ]
pmerge name.p ...
DESCRIPTION
Pascal translates Pascal source programs to interpretable
form, executes them, or both. Under option -c the programs
are translated but not executed. The translated code
appears in file `obj'. Under option -x pascal interprets
the previously translated code in file obj (default `obj').
Arguments are made available through the built-ins `argc'
and `argv'.
Options is a string chosen from the following letters:
c Translate only. This option must be first if it
appears at all. It is inconsistent with -x.
b Buffer the runtime file `output'.
l Make a program listing during translation.
n List each included file on a new page with a banner
line.
p Suppress the post-mortem control flow backtrace if an
error occurs; override execution limit of 500,000
statements.
s Accept standard Pascal only; non-standard constructs
cause warning diagnostics.
t Suppress runtime tests of subrange variables and treat
assert statements as comments.
u Card image mode; only the first 72 characters of input
lines are used.
w Suppress warning diagnostics.
x Execute only. If this option appears, it must be
first. It is inconsistent with the -c option.
z Cause the interpreter to gather profiling data for
later analysis by pxp(1).
PASCAL(1) PASCAL(1)
Option -i causes the named procedures and include files to
be listed.
Pmerge combines the named source files into a singlesource
files on the standard output.
FILES
*.p input file
*.i include file(s)
/usr/lib/pi2.0strings error messages
/usr/lib/how_pi* basic usage explanation
/usr/lib/pascal/* interpreter passes
obj interpreter code output
/tmp/pix* obj file used by pix
pmon.out profile data file
SEE ALSO
Berkeley Pascal User's Manual (there pascal is called pi,
px, and pix)
pc(1), pxp(1)
DIAGNOSTICS
The first character of an error message indicates its class:
E Fatal error; no code will be generated.
e Non-fatal error.
w Warning - a potential problem.
s Warning - nonstandard Pascal construct.
BUGS
The keyword `packed' is recognized but has no effect.
Diagnostics relating to the last procedure in an included
file may appear after the beginning of the listing of the
next.
If both source files and arguments are specified, obj is a
dummy.