/sys$common/syshlp/helplib.hlb PASCAL, Attributes, Allocation, AUTOMATIC  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

  The AUTOMATIC attribute specifies that storage for the  variable
  be  allocated  each time the program enters the routine in which
  the variable is declared.  The storage is deallocated each  time
  the  program  exits  from  that  routine.  An automatic variable
  exists as long as the declaring routine remains active.

  See the  "Compaq  Pascal  Language  Reference  Manual"  for  the
  complete description of using the AUTOMATIC attribute.