HP SunSoft Pascal 4.0 - Manual (Page 280)

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Syntax
%error ' string '
Comments
pc does not produce an object file.
Example
The %exit Directive
The %exit directive instructs the compiler to stop processing the current
Pascal source file.
Syntax
%exit
The Pascal program, error.p program error_example(output);
{ This program demonstrates the use of the
%error compiler directive. }
%var arch
begin
%if arch %then
writeln('This is a SPARC computer.');
%else
%error 'Unknown architecture.'
%endif
end. { error_example }
error.p produces this error if
you compile it without the
–config sparc option.
hostname% pc -xl error.p
Tue Feb 28 17:10 1995 error.p
Line 12 : %error 'Unknown architecture.'
E --------------------^---'Unknown architecture.'
Compilation failed