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DICTIONARY 3000

DICTPDE NAMING CONSIDERATIONS 

When an entity is extracted from the Dictionary, DICTPDE checks that the
entity name is compatible with PASCAL. If the entity name defined in the
Dictionary is an illegal PASCAL name (for example, the name contains a
hyphen) or the entity name is a PASCAL reserved word, an error message
will be issued and DICTPDE will convert the names to legal PASCAL names.
Note that the names generated by DICTPDE will not be reflected in the
Dictionary.

The following describes how DICTPDE converts entity names that are not
compatible with PASCAL.

If the entity name as defined in the Dictionary begins with a character
other than an alphabetic character, DICTPDE converts the first letter of
the name to a d (for "dummy" ) as shown below:  If the entity name in the
Dictionary is:

     #stock

The following PASCAL name will be generated:

     dstock

If an entity name as defined in the Dictionary consists of any characters
other than alphabetic or numeric characters, or underscores (__), that
character will be converted to an underscore.  (Any hyphens or minus
signs are converted to underscores.)  If the entity name in the
Dictionary is:

     cust-stock#

The following PASCAL name will be generated:

     cust_stock_

If the entity name extracted from the Dictionary is a PASCAL reserved
word, DICTPDE will append "__reswd" to the end of the entity name.  For
example, if the entity name in the Dictionary is:

     array

The following PASCAL name will be generated:

     array_reswd

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