pragma page

Applications Programming
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Hi,

I have a question regarding pragma page. What is the advantage of using this pragma? Also the description tells that it is a compiler directive to start of in a new page. Does the page here refer to the page in memory where the set of code under the pragma page will be starting in a new page?

Thanks

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Backup a little -
What compiler on what type of UNIX?

Generally a pragma like that is used for alignment.

Or are you talking about cb (code beautify) kinds of things?

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Yes it means that the program text that follows that pragma directive will start on a new page of memory...but this directive is pretty old and is usually not found in modern compilers. As jim mcnamara noted what is your platform/OS/compiler type and version.

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Its in HP's tandem systems(Non Stop Platform). I was browsing thru some old C code where I saw the reference to pragma page before certain functions. Compiler is nmc compiler.