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CONCEPT
1.6.3 THE TERM ’CLASS’
Chapter 1
Combining several sections to form a class (by specifying the same class
name in the section definitions) offers advantages similar to those of
groups. A class can be managed as a whole at locate−time. As distinct from
a group, a class may extend over several pages or segments, respectively.
The sections may, therefore, have different page or segment numbers. A
class name has no base and cannot be used for data initialization and
instructions. A class may contain sections of type DATA, LDAT, PDAT,
HDAT, BIT as well as sections of type CODE.
When combining sections to form groups and classes, special care should
be taken to avoid grouping conflicts. For example: If two sections
belonging to the same class are each defined in a group as well, a conflict
may arise at locate−time when an attempt is made to locate the groups
other than in sequential order.