PPLITLINK

Restriction: This directive is supported in native COBOL only.

Makes the Compiler declare literals as public symbols, in a SET statement using a data item defined as USAGE IS PROCEDURE-POINTER. This means literals are resolved at link time rather than run time. (Symbol references defined in this way are referred to as litlinked.)

Syntax:
>>-.---.-.------LITLINK-------.-----><
   +-/-+ +-----NOLITLINK------+
Parameters:

None.

Properties:
Default: Current LITLINK setting
Phase: Generate
$SET: Initial
Dependencies:

Comments:

This directive only affects object code files.

With NOLITLINK, literals are not declared as public symbols for SET statements that use a data item defined as USAGE IS PROCEDURE-POINTER.

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