Directives

In addition to the Compiler directives which provide flagging and modify the reserved word list, the following directives may impact either the syntax or the semantics described in this section.

• ALIGN - specifies the memory boundaries on which data items of 01-level or 77-level are aligned.
• IBMCOMP - turns on word-storage mode.
• MAPNAME - impacts the handling of non-alphabetic characters in the method-name.
• REPOSITORY - tells the Compiler whether to create a repository entry for a class, ignore the repository entry for a class, or check against the repository entry for a class.
• OOCTRL - provides specific switches for OO options. The settings can be enabled or disabled by use of the + and - signs, respectively, preceding the option character. The default is OOCTRL(+F-G-P+Q-W). The meaning of the options is:

  +F	Folds method names invoked by the program being compiled to lower case. Use -F if your program calls Java methods, since Java method names are case-sensitive. See your COBOL system documentation for information on using Java and COBOL together.
  +G	Makes class data global for instances. Note: The use of this option is not recommended. It is provided for compatibility with earlier releases.
  +P	Makes parameter type information available to the Object COBOL runtime system. Note: Needed for messages sent to OLE and SOM.
  +Q	Disables the use of IN and OF any place that could possibly follow a data name in the verb-signature of a Method Interface Definition. Disables the use of any verb in the verb-signature of a Method Interface Definition (see the topic Categories of Statements in the chapter Language Fundamentals).
  -Q	Enables the use of IN and OF in the verb-signature of a Method Interface Definition. Disables the use of qualification in a verb-signature that invokes a method. Enables the use of verbs in the verb-signature of a Method Interface Definition (see the topic Categories of Statements in the chapter Language Fundamentals).
  +W	Uses working storage in the object and factory (class) object to mean object storage. Note: Provides compatibility with the ISO 2002 COBOL standard.