CA-GSS Statements and Commands › Compiler Directive Statements

Compiler Directive Statements

#DESC

Syntax

#DESC text

The contents of the text operand of the first #DESC statement appears in the description field of the IMOD selection panel under the IMOD editor. The text of all #DESC statements appears in batch mode IMOD listings.

#CALLABLE

Syntax

#CALLABLE

Include this directive to call this IMOD from another IMOD as an external subroutine.

#SOURCE

Syntax

#SOURCE

Including the #SOURCE directive causes ISERVE to load the source statements into memory with the object code. This lets you use the REXX TRACE instruction and SOURCELINE() function; both useful for debugging. It also increases your use of storage.

#REFORMAT

Syntax

If the compiler encounters the #REFORMAT directive, it reformats your source IMOD. This directive can appear multiple times in an IMOD. The scope of #REFORMAT is from the point where inserted until the end of file or next #REFORMAT directive.

The operands are:

margin

Specifies the left-most column for REXX code and comments. All lines are adjusted to start in this column or to the right of it. Lines that contain a non-blank in column 1 are not adjusted. The values for margin are 2 through 50.

indent

Specifies an indent amount that is added to the margin value for each level of nesting (DO loops) to determine the starting column for the line. Lines that contain a non-blank in column 1 are not adjusted. The values for indent are 1 through 10.

When using #REFORMAT,

• One of the most difficult programming errors to locate is a missing or extra END statement. The #REFORMAT directive makes it easy to locate the problem.
• The syntax errors in REXX statements can cause loss of indents. This is corrected when the syntax is corrected and the IMOD is recompiled.
• The source lines that contain a non-blank character in column 1 are not reformatted.
• Indenting causing truncation (source lines are limited to 255 characters) is reduced to the point where truncation is avoided.
• The compiler directives must begin with the pound sign (#) in column 1 and the first letter of the directive must begin in column 2.