The PREFIX option enables or disables the specified PL/I conditions in the compilation unit being compiled without you having to change the source program. The specified condition prefixes are logically prefixed to the beginning of the first PACKAGE or PROCEDURE statement.
>>-PREFIX--(--+---------------+--)----------------------------->< | .-+---+-----. | | | '-,-' | | | V | | '---condition-+-'
- condition
- Any condition that can be enabled or disabled in a PL/I program, as explained in the PL/I Language Reference.
The use of the PREFIX option with one or more of the checkout conditions (SIZE, STRINGRANGE, STRINGSIZE, and SUBSCRIPTRANGE) can significantly increase the time and space needed for a compilation.
Default: PREFIX(CONVERSION FIXEDOVERFLOW INVALIDOP OVERFLOW NOSIZE NOSTRINGRANGE NOSTRINGSIZE NOSUBSCRIPTRANGE UNDERFLOW ZERODIVIDE)