AIPS HELP file for COMPRESS in 31DEC24
As of Thu Nov 7 0:27:35 2024
HELP SECTION
COMPRESS
Type: Pseudoverb (ONLY command on the input line)
Use: Can be used to recover unused memory space in the POPS
vocabulary and procedure areas. When you edit a procedure or read
it in a second time with a RUN file, space is lost. In
particular, one does a RUN NEWPARMS to get new symbols. The
COMPRESS pseudoverb must be the only command on the line and
can now appear in RUN files. It writes out all user-developed or
user-loaded procedures (except NEWPARMS) and all adverb values to
a text file. Then it does a RESTORE 0 and then, effectively, a
RUN on the text file, recompiling all procedures and resetting all
adverb values. This pseudoverb can be (should be) used instead of
RUN NEWPARMS therefore. The RESTORE 0 area is now maintained
by the "Midnight Job" and so should always be correct.
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