5.2.1 Option Directives

Option directives are used to select alternative semantics for various language features.

 common-option-directive = option-compare-directive /  option-base-directive / option-explicit-directive  / rem-statement 

Static Semantics.

  • Each <common-option-directive> alternative can occur at most once in each <procedural-module-declaration-section> or <class-module-declaration-section>.

  • An <option-private-directive> can occur at most once in each <procedural-module-declaration-section>.