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Subject: ANSI is not a god
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Date: 30 Oct 89 20:14:30 GMT
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    3) There is no way that I can see to make "#pragma once" safe; that
    is, a pragma in the sense defined in the ANSI C proposal.

The letter of the ANSI standard doesn't prohibit #pragma once.  It may
be against the spirit, but that is not important.  When ANSI specifies
a feature, that is a good reason to implement it as specified; when
ANSI does not specify a feature, that is not a strong reason to oppose
it.