Re: [boost] Guidence on #pragma once

Subject: Re: [boost] Guidence on #pragma once
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-11-24 00:01:41

AMDG

On 11/23/2018 04:36 PM, Robert Ramey via Boost wrote:
> In the safe numerics library my *.hpp files start with the following
> boiler plate:
> 
> #ifndef BOOST_NUMERIC_AUTOMATIC_HPP
> #define BOOST_NUMERIC_AUTOMATIC_HPP
> 
> // MS compatible compilers support #pragma once
> #if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1020)
> # pragma once
> #endif
> 
> ...
> 
> I would like to replace all this in every file with just
> 
> #pragma once
> 
> <snip> It would be
> interesting to know what others might have to say about this.
> 

I never use #pragma once.  It just isn't
compelling enough to make me write
non-standard code.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe