Newsgroups: comp.std.c
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: #pragma
Message-ID: <1989Jan19.185956.15311@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <8770@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <1989Jan16.204455.16091@utzoo.uucp> <14744@oberon.USC.EDU>
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 89 18:59:56 GMT

In article <14744@oberon.USC.EDU> english@panarea.usc.edu (Joe English) writes:
>... Are there any guidelines or even hints to developers to
>help avoid #pragma namespace conflicts? ...

Not in the draft standard; the contents of #pragmas are *totally* left to
the implementor.  I believe this was a deliberate and carefully-considered
decision.
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