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Change "union value" to dynamically allocate long strings.
[pspp-builds.git]
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doc
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language.texi
diff --git
a/doc/language.texi
b/doc/language.texi
index 3a7302cc168dd1986bab2d52cc19d1d711e703b5..50e8f646aea4aaac7f3efc9955b78318d8d49a55 100644
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--- a/
doc/language.texi
+++ b/
doc/language.texi
@@
-447,13
+447,9
@@
Numeric or string.
@item Width
(string variables only) String variables with a width of 8 characters or
fewer are called @dfn{short string variables}. Short string variables
@item Width
(string variables only) String variables with a width of 8 characters or
fewer are called @dfn{short string variables}. Short string variables
-
can be used in many procedure
s where @dfn{long string variables} (those
+
may be used in a few context
s where @dfn{long string variables} (those
with widths greater than 8) are not allowed.
with widths greater than 8) are not allowed.
-Certain systems may consider strings longer than 8
-characters to be short strings. Eight characters represents a minimum
-figure for the maximum length of a short string.
-
@item Position
Variables in the dictionary are arranged in a specific order.
@cmd{DISPLAY} can be used to show this order: see @ref{DISPLAY}.
@item Position
Variables in the dictionary are arranged in a specific order.
@cmd{DISPLAY} can be used to show this order: see @ref{DISPLAY}.