ISO2002ENTMF 

Appendix B - Constant Conditional Expressions

A constant conditional expression is an expression used in the ISO2002 conditional compilation directives, DEFINE, EVALUATE, and IF, and determines the text that is included in the resultant program.
Note: In this context, literals also refer to compilation variables, which means that you can use compilation variables in constant conditional expressions.
A constant conditional expression can be one of the following:
  • A relation condition in which both operands are literals or arithmetic expressions that contain only literal terms. The condition must follow the rules for relation conditions, with the following additions:
    • All operands must be of the same category. (An arithmetic expression is of the category numeric.)
    • If non-numeric literals are specified, the relational operator shall be "IS EQUAL TO", "IS NOT EQUAL TO", "IS =", "IS NOT =", or "IS <>".
  • A defined condition.
  • A Boolean condition.
  • A complex condition formed by combining the above forms of simple conditions into complex conditions by using AND, OR, and NOT. Abbreviated combined relation conditions cannot be specified.