-NS

Category

Compiler customization

Purpose

Specifies the size (in bytes) of the register spill space; the internal program storage areas used by the optimizer for register spills to storage.

-qspillsize is the long form of -NS.

Syntax

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Option:

>>- -NS--bytes-------------------------------------------------><

@PROCESS:

@PROCESS SPILLSIZE(bytes)

Defaults

By default, each subprogram stack has 512 bytes of spill space reserved.

If you need this option, a compile-time message informs you of the fact.

Parameters

bytes
The number of bytes of stack space to reserve in each subprogram, in case there are too many variables to hold in registers and the program needs temporary storage for register contents.

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