#pragma

[Colin Plumb]

dlm at cuuxb.UUCP (Dennis L. Mumaugh) wrote:
> Finally, some one has explained the use of pragma!!
> 
> In each of the cases the program itself will not change behavior,
> but the object file could be larger or the program could run slower.
> 
> The pragma
> 	#pragma inline
> could mimic the C++ inline function construct and is technically legal
> but gives me a bit of a qualm.

Actually, it's still fine.  The rule is (roughly) that deleting all #pragma
lines from the source should not affect the operation of the resultant
executable.

One of the worst offenses I've yet seen was a compiler that "ANSIfied"
its #asm/#endasm by renaming them #pragma asm and #pragma endasm.  Sorry,
you should have left them alone.  The compiler still would have been
conforming, but another compiler would have been able to barf in the
right place.
-- 
	-Colin (uunet!microsof!w-colinp)