Library /sys$common/syshlp/dbg$help.hlb DEBUG, Messages, NOWATONOPT  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

 cannot watch entity; not in memory (was optimized away)

    Facility: DEBUG, VMS Debugger

    Explanation: A watchpoint cannot be set on that entity due to
    optimizations performed by the compiler

    User Action: Recompile the program with no optimizations in
    effect