Preprocessing, Compiling, and Linking

Diagnostics

Note: provides information about expected behavior. The return code is not changed.
Warning: provides information about conditions that will not prevent translation from completing successfully. The return code is set to 4.
Error: provides information about conditions that will prevent translation from continuing. If an error occurs before translation begins (such as a file I/O error), LCCCP will terminate immediately. If an error occurs after translation has begun, LCCCP will stop translating but will check all the remaining commands in the input file for correct syntax. The return code is set to 8.
Severe Error: provides information about conditions that will cause immediate termination. The return code is set to 12.