The following table explains the typographical conventions used in this document.
Typeface | Indicates | Example |
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bold | Commands, executable names, compiler options and pragma directives. | Use the -qmkshrobj compiler option to create a shared object from the generated object files. |
italics | Parameters or variables whose actual names or values are to be supplied by the user. Italics are also used to introduce new terms. | Make sure that you update the size parameter if you return more than the size requested. |
monospace | Programming keywords and library functions, compiler built-in functions, file and directory names, examples of program code, command strings, or user-defined names. | If one or two cases of a switch statement are typically executed much more frequently than other cases, break out those cases by handling them separately before the switch statement. |