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    Putcsave Putcloop: Problems With The First Version of PUTC

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    The first version of the PUTC macro definition could only be used once in an assembly language program as it would generate duplicate labels if used again, causing an assembler error. To fix this, system variables were introduced, including set variables that can be assigned values using SET, and system qualifiers prefixed with $ that automatically increment each macro expansion, avoiding duplicate labels.

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    Putcsave Putcloop: Problems With The First Version of PUTC

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    The first version of the PUTC macro definition could only be used once in an assembly language program as it would generate duplicate labels if used again, causing an assembler error. To fix this, system variables were introduced, including set variables that can be assigned values using SET, and system qualifiers prefixed with $ that automatically increment each macro expansion, avoiding duplicate labels.

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    The first version of the PUTC macro definition could only be used once in an assembly language program as it would generate duplicate labels if used again, causing an assembler error. To fix this, system variables were introduced, including set variables that can be assigned values using SET, and system qualifiers prefixed with $ that automatically increment each macro expansion, avoiding duplicate labels.

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    Putcsave Putcloop: Problems With The First Version of PUTC

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    The first version of the PUTC macro definition could only be used once in an assembly language program as it would generate duplicate labels if used again, causing an assembler error. To fix this, system variables were introduced, including set variables that can be assigned values using SET, and system qualifiers prefixed with $ that automatically increment each macro expansion, avoiding duplicate labels.

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    Problems with the First Version of PUTC

    The PUTC macro definition given as a first example has a severe


    flaw in that it can only be used once in any given assembly
    language program. If it was used a second time, the labels
    PUTCSAVE and PUTCLOOP would get generated again in the
    expansion of PUTC in its second location, which in turn would
    cause a "duplicate label" error when the expanded code is passed
    on to the assembler.

    System Variables

    To correct for this problem, two additional types of macro "system


    variables" are provided to go with the & prefixed variable names
    of the prototype statement:

    1. Set Variables - & prefixed variables that can be "set" by


    the SET directive (with limited arithmetic capability); e.g.
    &GCNT.

    2. System Qualifiers - $ prefixed symbols with a value that


    is automatically adjusted to a new value each time a macro
    expansion (not necessarily the same macro) occurs; e.g.,
    $LOOP. $ is expanded to $AA for the 1st macro
    expansion, $AB for the 2nd and so forth.

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