Question about #pragma removal

[Neil Booth]

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.