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From: lindley@ut-ngp.UUCP (John L. Templer)
Newsgroups: net.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Turbo Pascal (bugs)
Message-ID: <1270@ut-ngp.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 2-Feb-85 20:25:09 EST
Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.1270
Posted: Sat Feb  2 20:25:09 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 4-Feb-85 04:55:37 EST
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Organization: U.Texas Physics Department; Austin, Texas
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Keywords: Bugs, semi-colon


> 	I have found a couple of bugs in Turbo Pascal on an IBM PC-clone running
> MS-DOS.  I define these as bugs, since the same code works on the campus
> DEC-20 (not a good standard, I know, but it's what I have to work with).
	.
	.
	.
> 	1) If a ';' is incorrectly places before a keyword, the compiler will
> 		not complain.  However, when that section of code is executed,
> 		a memory error is generated and a system halt is performed.
>                 This requires a re-boot.
> 
> 		Example :      if condition then
> 					      begin
> 					        statement1;
> 					        statement2;
>                                             end; <-- explodes here when run
> 					   another_statement;

I seem to be confused;  I can't find any errors in the example given.
The semicolon between "statement2" and "end" is not needed, but it is
not an error.  Are you sure it is not something else causing the memory
error?

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                                           John L. Templer
                                     University of Texas at Austin

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