krup@ihuxb.UUCP (Kevin O'Brien) (03/22/84)
ihuxb!krup I don't have IBM Pascal, but I have Microsoft Pascal distributed from Zenith for the Z100, which I believe is the same thing. The manual I have (Ver. 3.11) does explain "Internal Compiler Errors". The following is the explanation stated herein from the manual: H.3 Complier Internal Errors All errors labeled "Compiler" in section H.1, "Compiler Front End Errors," are compiler internal errors that should never occur. In the event that one does occur, please report it to Microsoft Corporation immediately. The back end of the compiler also makes a large number of internal consistency checks. These checks should always be correct and never give an internal error. When they do occur, back end internal error messages have the following format: *** Internal Error NNN NNN is the internal error number, which ranges from 1 to 999. There is little you can do when an internal error occurs, except report it and perhaps modify your program near the line where the error occurred. Maybe it is because you have version 1.0, but it seems funny that this explanation does not also appear in IBM documentation as well. I have not encountered any bugs in mine so far after extensive use. You should have bought a Zenith ...