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We think it is not worth adding new syntax to the language for this especially given that there are some valid concerns about this. If there was an interest, we could provide a new option called, say, SUPPRESS, that would provide a "quick" version of the EXIT option in that it would specify a set of message numbers that would be suppressed in this compilation.
After having filled this comment box with nearly 500 characters explaining that this is bad and why it's bad, this wonderful website discarded my message upon clicking submit, so I'll just retype the last few sentences:
The RACF setting of
"we allow you to look at any dataset, except a few sensitive ones"
is way worse than the
"you're not allowed to look at any dataset, unless we explicitly allow you"
So regarding the, "To prevent its misuse, we could also provide an option that would outlaw it"?
You should absolutely outlaw it, unless a site explicitly changes the set-up of the compiler to allow it, and ideally that should involve RACF, so that any auditors have the final say, and can outlaw sloppy programming. In the past I've seen a 40,000+ line program that compiled without a single message, not even a 1041 (which is really a message that stinks like a pile of manure!)
And what would even an experienced programmer do with a "(suppress(1059)): end;", because that's what your going to get...
Other languages have similar capabilities. To prevent its misuse, we could also provide an option that would outlaw it
This has a high potential of misuse and isn't transparent for the next developer who has to change such a program. It would also increase the behaviour to remove all compiler messages by hook or by crook.