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by kevin_thibedeau 1318 days ago
Attributes are better suited for that. #pragma has always just been a grandfathered in hack.
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> Attributes are better suited for that. #pragma has always just been a grandfathered in hack.

I'm not so sure attributes are better. They have political traction, but that does not mean better. All major compilers use pragmas effectively to implement custom compiler flags. See for instance how Visual C++ uses pragmas extensively to toggle specific compiler warnings, not to mention the infamous #pragma once