The CSECT option ensures that the object module, if generated, contains named CSECTs.
Use this option if you use SMP/E to service your product or to help debug your program.
.-CSECT---. >>-+-NOCSECT-+-------------------------------------------------><
ABBREVIATIONS: CSE, NOCSE
Under the NOCSECT option, the code and static sections of your object module are given default names.
Under the CSECT option, the code and static sections of your object module are given names that depend on the "package name", which is defined as follows:
- If the package statement was used, the "package name" is the leftmost label on the package statement.
- Otherwise, the "package name" is the leftmost label on the first procedure statement.
A "modified package name" of length 7 is then formed as follows:
- When the package name is less than 7 characters long, asterisks (*) are prefixed to it to make a modified package name that is 7 characters long.
- When the package name is more than 7 characters long, the first n and last 7 - n characters are used to make the modified package name, where n is set by the CSECTCUT option.
- Otherwise, the package name is copied to the modified package name.
The code csect name is built by taking the modified package name and appending a 1 to it.
The static csect name is built by taking the modified package name and appending a 2 to it.
So, for a package named SAMPLE, the code csect name is *SAMPLE1, and the static csect name is *SAMPLE2.