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Usage

Restrictions on Source Module Statements

The source module can contain any number of DDL statements; the following restrictions apply:

• INCLUDE statements cannot appear within the source module; that is, INCLUDE statements cannot be nested.
• The included module cannot update its own source. This restriction applies to the PUNCH statements of the DDL compilers, since they are capable of updating the module source.

  For example, the statement INCLUDE MODULE RECSRC. is unacceptable if the module RECSRC contains the source statement PUNCH RECORD EMPLOYEE TO MODULE RECSRC..

Compiler Continues Processing Statements Following INCLUDE

When all the module source has been processed, the compiler continues processing with the source statement immediately following the INCLUDE statement.

If the Source Module Contains a SIGNON Statement

If the module source being included contains a SIGNON statement to another dictionary, the DDL compiler terminates the INCLUDE operation, processes the SIGNON statement, and continues processing with the DDL statement immediately following the INCLUDE.