-qobject

Category

Error checking and debugging

Purpose

Specifies whether to produce an object file or to stop immediately after checking the syntax of the source files.

Defaults

-qobject

Usage

When debugging a large program that takes a long time to compile, you might want to use the -qnoobject option. It allows you to quickly check the syntax of a program without incurring the overhead of code generation. The .lst file is still produced, so you can get diagnostic information to begin debugging.

After fixing any program errors, you can change back to the default (-qobject) to test whether the program works correctly. If it does not work correctly, compile with the -g option for interactive debugging.

The -qhalt option can override the -qobject option, and -qnoobject can override -qhalt.

Related information

• Listings, messages, and compiler information
• Object section
• The compiler phases .
• -qhalt