Finding coding errors
Use the NOCOMPILE option to compile
conditionally or to only check
syntax.
When used with the SOURCE option,
NOCOMPILE produces a listing that will help you find
coding mistakes such as missing definitions, improperly defined
data items, and duplicate data-names.
About this task
If you are compiling in the TSO foreground, you
can send the messages to your screen by using the TERM
compiler option and defining your data set as the
SYSTERM data set.
Checking syntax only: To only check the syntax of
your program, and not produce object code,
use NOCOMPILE without a suboption.
If you also specify the SOURCE option,
the compiler produces a listing.
When you specify NOCOMPILE, several compiler options
are suppressed.
See the related reference below about the COMPILE option
for details.
Compiling conditionally: To compile conditionally,
use NOCOMPILE(x),
where x is one of the severity levels of errors.
Your program
is compiled if all the errors are of a lower severity than x.
The severity levels that you can use, from highest to
lowest, are S (severe), E (error), and W (warning).
If an error of level x or higher occurs, the compilation stops and your program is only checked for syntax.