Course Content
C Preprocessing
C Preprocessing
1. Introduction to Preprocessing
3. Conditional compilation
4. Compiler Directives and Advanced Control
Other
In addition to #pragma once
, #pragma pack
, and #pragma GCC diagnostic
, there are several other important #pragma
directives used to control compilation in various scenarios.
Memory Layout and Alignment
main
#include <stdio.h> // Align structure members with 1-byte boundaries #pragma pack(push, 1) typedef struct { char a; // 1 byte int b; // 4 bytes } PackedStruct; #pragma pack(pop) int main() { // Print size of the structure with no padding printf("Size of PackedStruct: %zu\n", sizeof(PackedStruct)); return 0; }
Diagnostics and Warnings
main
#include <stdio.h> // Suppress warning about unused static functions #pragma GCC diagnostic push #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wunused-function" // Normally triggers a warning, but it is now ignored static void unused_helper() { printf("This helper is never called.\n"); } #pragma GCC diagnostic pop int main() { printf("No warnings about unused functions.\n"); return 0; }
Performance and Optimization
main
#include <stdio.h> // Example function to call in a loop void process(int i) { printf("Processing %d\n", i); } int main() { // Suggest loop unrolling to the compiler #pragma unroll 4 for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) { process(i); } return 0; }
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