Chapter 5 Understanding Macro Symbol Tables and the Processing of Macro Programs
Understanding Macro Symbol Tables
Understanding the Global Macro Symbol Table
Understanding Local Macro Symbol Tables
Working with Global Macro Variables and Local Macro Variables
Defining the Domain of a Macro Variable by Using the %GLOBAL or %LOCAL Macro Language Statements
How a Macro Program Is Compiled
Introduction
As your macro programming applications become more complex, an understanding of the technical aspects of macro processing becomes more important. This knowledge will likely speed up development and debugging of your programs.
This chapter continues the discussion of the technical ...
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