Working-Storage Section - Control Data Corporation 3300 Reference Manual

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3.1.3
WORKING-STORAGE
SECTION
The system loader loads only the first Common Storage SectlOn encountered.
Subsequent Common Storage Sections are ignored and all reference to common
storage items in communicating subprograms are directed to the firRt Common
Storage Section loaded.
During execution of an object program, intermediate results and other
information need to be stored before being processed further or transferred
out of memory. The storage areas, called working storage items, are
contained in the Working Storage Section.
The Working Storage Section is composed of the section header WORKING-
STORAGE SECTION followed by a period. This header is followed by any
independent data description entries which are in turn followed by any record
description entries. Each name of an independent item or a record must be
unique. Subordinate data names need not be unique if they can be made unique
by
qualification,
1
COMMON-STORAGE SECTION.
t
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.~
77
data-name-1
88
condition-name-1
77
data-name-2
01
data-name-3
02
data-name-4
66
data-name-5 RENAMES data-name-4
01
data-name-6
02
data-name-7
03
data-name-3
88
condition-name-2
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