COBOL Manual for TNS/E Programs (H06.08+, J06.03+)

Applies until its opposite overrides itScope:

SYMBOLS does not work when SYNTAX is active.Dependencies:

References:

• ENDUNIT

• SYNTAX

You can include or exclude the symbol table from the object file on a program-unit-by-program-unit

basis.

If the SYMBOLS directive is active, the compiler does not perform certain object code optimizations,

so the object program might execute slightly more slowly and be slightly larger in size.

SYNTAX

checks the syntax of the source text. No target file is produced.

COMPILE

compiles the program unit and included its code and data blocks in the target file being created.

COMPILEDefault:

Outside the boundaries of a separately compiled program; that is, not between the

Identification Division header of a separately compiled program and its end, which is

marked by one of:

Placement:

• The corresponding END PROGRAM statement

• ENDUNIT

• The end of the source file

The last COMPILE or SYNTAX in the compilation unit applies to the entire compilation

unit.

Scope:

SYNTAX overrides RUNNABLE.Dependencies:

References:

• ENDUNIT

• RUNNABLE

TANDEM

specifies that subsequent source text is in Tandem reference format, which is described in

Reference Format for Source Program Lines (page 44).

578 Program Compilation