"#pragma mode ..." statement

[Jean-Michel]

Hello

I have searched this forum and the old one about the "#pragma mode( separator(.,;) integer(h32) )" statement, but couldn't find the original thread which I seem to remember about this. Something warning us to add this line in order to avoid issues?
Context: I have lost quite a lot of time yesterday evening by trying to correct a so-called error at program check in a very short program copied from the User's Manual when I finally loaded it directly from the machine (as an example of use of a graphic function) and discovered this additional first line in the program, which is not in the PDF document...and makes all the difference!

I now try to understand what is lying behind this and would have been pleased to read about it in the history of the threads.

Many thanks advanced and kind regards.