Compiler options

You can direct and control your compilation by using compiler options or by using compiler-directing statements (compiler directives).

Compiler options affect the aspects of your program that are listed in the table below. The linked-to information for each option provides the syntax for specifying the option and describes the option, its parameters, and its interaction with other parameters.

Table 1. Compiler options
Aspect of your program Compiler option Default Option abbreviations
Source language ARITH ARITH(COMPAT) AR(C|E)
CICS NOCICS None
CURRENCY NOCURRENCY CURR|NOCURR
LIB LIB None
NSYMBOL NSYMBOL(NATIONAL) NS(NAT|DBCS)
NUMBER NONUMBER NUM|NONUM
QUOTE/APOST QUOTE Q|APOST
SEQUENCE SEQUENCE SEQ|NOSEQ
SOSI NOSOSI None
SQL SQL("") None
SRCFORMAT SRCFORMAT(COMPAT) SF(C|E)
Date processing DATEPROC NODATEPROC, or DATEPROC(FLAG)if only DATEPROC is specified DP|NODP
YEARWINDOW YEARWINDOW(1900) YW
Maps and listings LINECOUNT LINECOUNT(60) LC
LIST NOLIST None
LSTFILE LSTFILE(LOCALE) LST
MAP NOMAP None
SOURCE SOURCE S|NOS
SPACE SPACE(1) None
TERMINAL TERMINAL TERM|NOTERM
VBREF NOVBREF None
XREF XREF(FULL) X|NOX
Object module generation COMPILE NOCOMPILE(S) C|NOC
PGMNAME PGMNAME(UPPER) PGMN(LU|LM)
SEPOBJ SEPOBJ None
Object code control ADDR ADDR(32) None
ARCH ARCH(POWERPC) ARCH(PPC|PWR7)
BINARY BINARY(NATIVE) None
CHAR CHAR(NATIVE) None
COLLSEQ COLLSEQ(BIN) CS(L|E|BIN|B)
DIAGTRUNC NODIAGTRUNC DTR|NODTR
FLOAT FLOAT(NATIVE) None
NCOLLSEQ NCOLLSEQ(BINARY) NCS(L|BIN|B)
OPTIMIZE NOOPTIMIZE OPT|NOOPT
TRUNC TRUNC(STD) None
ZWB ZWB None
CALL statement behavior DYNAM NODYNAM DYN|NODYN
Debugging and diagnostics FLAG FLAG(I,I) F|NOF
FLAGSTD NOFLAGSTD None
SSRANGE NOSSRANGE SSR|NOSSR
TEST NOTEST None
Other ADATA NOADATA None
CALLINT CALLINT(SYSTEM,NODESC) None
ENTRYINT ENTRYINT(SYSTEM) None
EXIT NOEXIT NOEX|EX(INX|NOINX, LIBX|NOLIBX, PRTX|NOPRTX, ADX|NOADX, MSGX|NOMSGX)
MAXMEM MAXMEM(2000) None
MDECK NOMDECK NOMD|MD|MD(C|NOC)
PROFILE PROFILE None
SIZE SIZE(8388608) SZ
SPILL SPILL(512) None
THREAD NOTHREAD None
WSCLEAR NOWSCLEAR None

Installation defaults: The defaults listed for the options above are the defaults shipped with the product.

Option specification: Compiler options and suboptions are not case sensitive.

Performance considerations: The ADDR, ARCH, ARITH, CHAR, DYNAM, FLOAT, OPTIMIZE, SSRANGE, TEST, THREAD, TRUNC, and WSCLEAR compiler options can affect runtime performance.