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====== Reader's Clinic - Line Length > 256 Characters=====

^Published By^Date^Version^Knowledge Level^Keywords^
|Sprezzatura Ltd|01 AUG 1989|1.14+|EXPERT|MSG, TERMINATOR, STRING, TCL, LIST|

A person who wishes to remain anonymous had problems compiling a program -
the compiler kept reporting "terminator missing on line x". Looking at line
x, there didn't seem to be a problem, all delimiters nicely balanced.

Then we noticed that the line (it was a call to MSG) had a literal of length
greater than 256 characters. Mystery solved. AREV does not like literal
strings this big , so if long messages are needed use A : B E.g. "end of" :
"my message".

(On a similar note, remember that TCL statements such as LIST should not
exceed 1000 characters. If they do, the report does not work. So be careful
with long dict. names!)


(Volume 1, Issue 4, Page 11)