What is pragma?

[Henry Spencer]

In article <1990May4.055919.13483 at agate.berkeley.edu> c60c-2ca at WEB.berkeley.edu () writes:
>	What is "pragma"?  What does it do?

`#pragma', in ANSI C, is a construct which basically tells the compiler
something compiler-specific.  Nothing more can be said about what it does
without identifying a specific compiler.  Typical uses are things like
controlling fine points of code generation, altering compiler options,
and enabling obscure features.
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