Re: Quick question Re: NOMAIN

[Barbara Morris <bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2024-07-12 11:35 a.m., James H. H. Lampert via RPG400-L wrote:
> Just out of morbid curiosity:
>
> If you have an RPGLE source member, that contains executable statements 
> that aren't enclosed within a pair of P-specs, and you put NOMAIN on an 
> H-spec, what happens?
>
> Does the module-level code get ignored? Or included as deadwood?
> Does the compiler complain about the inconsistency?

The compiler complains.

                          S o u r c e   L i s t i n g
     1     ctl-opt nomain;
     2     dsply 'before any procedures';
======>    aaaaa
*RNF5418 30 a      000200  The operation entry is not allowed in the
                           main source section in a non-cycle module.