From:	Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Question about #pragma
Date:	Tue, 19 Aug 1997 08:53:19 -0700
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Charles Krug wrote:

> #pragma is "standard".  I am fairly certain that it is also ANSI.

Yes, it is.  It's one of those interestings that is required by the
standard, but is left completely implementation-dependent (that's what
it's for).  That is, #pragma is perfectly standard, but if you ever use it
to accomplish something, you're by definition making your program
platform-specific.  Which is complicated by the issue that if an
unrecognized #pragma is discovered on another compiler, the standard
dictates that it be ignored.  Which means you might naively not even know
what the platform-specific behavior you were requesting is not happening
-- particularly if you're porting someone else's (poorly documented) code.

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