Rational Developer for System z
Enterprise PL/I for z/OS, Version 3.8, Programming Guide

MAXNEST

The MAXNEST option specifies the maximum nesting of various kinds of statements that should be allowed before the compiler flags your program as too complex.

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               | '-,-'                   |
               V             .-17-.      |
>>-MAXNEST--(----+-BLOCK--(--+-x--+--)-+-+--)------------------><
                 |        .-17-.       |
                 +-DO--(--+-x--+--)----+
                 |        .-17-.       |
                 '-IF--(--+-z--+--)----'
 
BLOCK
Specifies the maximum nesting of BEGIN and PROCEDURE statements.
DO
Specifies the maximum nesting of DO statements.
IF
Specifies the maximum nesting of IF statements.

The value of any nesting limit must be between 1 and 50 (inclusive).

The default is MAXNEST( BLOCK(17) DO(17) IF(17) ).


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