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Re: Question about #pragma removal

From: Neil Booth <neil at daikokuya dot demon dot co dot uk>
To: Paul Koning <pkoning at equallogic dot com>
Cc: brett dot cook at intel dot com, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 19:38:44 +0000
Subject: Re: Question about #pragma removal
References: <AA70E30319FAD411AC6E00A0C95D7ABD013D3762@fmsmsx61.fm.intel.com> <15504.55330.97164.837274@pkoning.dev.equallogic.com>

Paul Koning wrote:-

> I think one of the two reasons given is perfectly valid: "It is
> impossible to generate #pragma commands from a macro".  Yes, the other
> objections apply to __attribute__ just as much as to #pragma.  But the
> one about macros is a clear differentiator.

Not any more.  C99 introduced _Pragma, which effectively allows you to
put a pragma in a macro.  GCC has implemented this since 3.0.

Neil.

References:
- Question about #pragma removal
  - From: Cook, Brett
- Re: Question about #pragma removal
  - From: Paul Koning

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