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Compiler Directives are statements that tell the compiler to take some action at compile time. These statements are not included in the executable program object code which the compiler generates. Therefore, there is no run-time overhead associated with their use.

[[assert  set assumption for debugging .htm|ASSERT (set assumption for debugging)]]

[[begin  define code structure .htm|BEGIN (define code structure)]]

[[compile  specify source to compile .htm|COMPILE (specify source to compile)]]

[[equate  assign label .htm|EQUATE (assign label)]]

[[include  compile code in another file .htm|INCLUDE (compile code in another file)]]

[[itemize  enumeration data structure .htm|ITEMIZE (enumeration data structure)]]

[[omit  specify source not to be compiled .htm|OMIT (specify source not to be compiled)]]

[[once  prevent duplicate included data .htm|ONCE (prevent duplicate included data)]]

[[section  specify source code section .htm|SECTION (specify source code section)]]

[[size  memory size in bytes .htm|SIZE (memory size in bytes)]]