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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1985
Masaru Ohki, Kodaira, JP;
Toshio Hirosawa, Machida, JP;
Junichi Kurihara, Hachioji, JP;
Katsuto Miyazaki, Hachioji, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An argument which is a set consisting a global variable in a procedure to be called, a designation symbol representing localization and a variable or constant on a procedure call side is designated as an argument of a procedure call statement of a program, the global variable in the called procedure is localized in the procedure in response to the designated information, and the value of the variable on the procedure call side which is a member of the set is used as the initial value of the local variable. An argument which is a set consisting of a local variable in a procedure to be called, a designation symbol representing globalization and a variable on a procedure call side is designated as an argument of a procedure call statement of a call program, the local variable in the called procedure is globalized in response to the designation information, and a data area which is the same as that of the variable on the procedure call side, which is a member of the set, is used. A procedure call statement is designated by omitting an argument of a procedure call statement of a call program, the omitted argument in the procedure is processed as a global variable, and a data area which is the same as that of a variable on the procedure call side, which has the same name as that of the argument in the procedure, is used.