Syntax:
PROCEDURE identifier IS PRAGMA INTERRUPT [FAST] statement_block END PROCEDURE
PRAGMA INTERRUPT tells JAL that this procedure can only be called by the microcontroller's interrupt processing. Any number of procedures can be defined as an interrupt handler. When an interrupt occurs, first the microprocessor state is saved, then control passes to the first procedure marked as an interrupt handler. Control continues to pass to each interrupt handler until the last, then the microprocessor state is restored and the interrupt ended. The programmer is responsible for clearing whatever bits caused the interrupt to happen. A procedure marked as an interrupt handler cannot be called directly from elsewhere in the program. Beyond that, an interrupt handler can do anything any other procedure can do. The order the interrupt handlers are called is undefined, the only guarantee is each handler will be called at each interrupt, and will only be called once.
If an interrupt handler executes a sub-program that is also executed by the main body of the program, that sub-program will be marked recursive and incur the recursion overhead each time it is called.
If FAST is declared, the interrupt handler will only save the minimum amount of state necessary. This must be used with great care -- although the microprocessor state is saved, state used internally by the compiler is not. As such, only a completely assembly sub-program should be used. Any JAL statements might invalidate the internal state of the compiler. If any interrupt handler is marked FAST then only one interrupt handler is allowed.