The following restrictions affect the use of C host variables: o Host variables in C of the form *host_variable that appear directly after a host variable in an RSE are not detected correctly. For instance, *year_ptr is interpreted incorrectly as part of the host variable emp_id in the following example: FOR D IN DEGREES WITH D.EMPLOYEE_ID = emp_id *year_ptr = D.YEAR_GIVEN; END_FOR; The workaround for this restriction is to use braces around the host language statements, or parentheses around the WITH clause. For example, either of the following RSEs will preprocess correctly: FOR D IN DEGREES WITH D.EMPLOYEE_ID = emp_id { *year_ptr = D.YEAR_GIVEN; } END_FOR; FOR D IN DEGREES WITH (D.EMPLOYEE_ID = emp_id) *year_ptr = D.YEAR_GIVEN; END_FOR; o Although host variables with parentheses are permitted in non-RDML statements, they cannot be used as host variables in RDML statements. For example, the following syntax is not permitted: FOR E IN EMPLOYEES WITH E.LAST_NAME = (name)[offset].element . . . END_FOR; However, the following is permitted: FOR E IN EMPLOYEES WITH E.LAST_NAME = name[offset].element . . . END_FOR; The C string continuation character (a backslash, \) in string constants followed immediately by a new line is not recognized by RDML. Do not use this method of continuation with this version of RDML. RDML generates an error if it finds a string constant that does not begin and end on the same line within quotation marks. For example, the following C lines cause a syntax error: printf ("abcdefg\ hijklmnopqrstuvwxyz");