HP 3000 Manuals

COBOL/HP-UX Language Reference for the Series 700 and 800

Appendix J  Conditional Compilation 

Introduction 

The COBOL system provides a mechanism for selectively compiling part or
all of the COBOL source.  To benefit fully from the advantages of
conditional compilation the use of level 78's (see the chapter The 
Nucleus) and the CONSTANT 
system directive is recommended.  Conditional compilation is controlled
by IF, ELSE, END constructs.  It behaves in a similar way to the COBOL IF
construct.

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