{{fbdoc item="title" value="#PRAGMA"}}----
Preprocessor directive

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	**#pragma** //option// [ = //value// ]
	##//Or//##
	**#pragma** **push** ( //option// [, //value// ] )
	##//Or//##
	**#pragma** **pop** ( //option// )
##
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	Possible values for ##//option//## and related ##//value//##s:
	
	{{table columns="3" cellpadding="1" cells="Option; Value; Description; msbitfields; 0; Use bitfields compatible with gcc (default);###; -1 (or any other non-zero value); Use bitfields compatible with those used in Microsoft C compilers; once; N/A; cause the source file in which the pragma appears to behave as though it was included with #include once ...; constness; 0; cause the source file in which the pragma appears to disable 'CONST qualifier discarded' warning;###; -1 (or any other non-zero value); cause the source file in which the pragma appears to enable 'CONST qualifier discarded' warning"}}
	
	If //value// is not given, the compiler assumes //-1// (//TRUE//).

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	Allows the setting of compiler options inside the source code.
	
	**Push** saves the current value of the //option// onto a stack, then assigns the new //value// (or //-1//) to it. **Pop** restores the //option// to its previous value, and removes it from the stack. This mechanism allows options to be changed for a certain part of source code, regardless of the setting used by the context, which is especially useful inside #include header files.
	
	**##constness##** pragma is added for testing fbc compiler.  It will be removed in future at should not be relied upon.

{{fbdoc item="ex"}}
{{fbdoc item="filename" value="examples/manual/prepro/pragma.bas"}}%%(freebasic)
'' MSVC-compatible bitfields: save the current setting and then enable them
#pragma push(msbitfields)

'' do something that requires MS-compatible bitfields here

'' restore original setting
#pragma pop(msbitfields)
%%

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	- New to ""FreeBASIC""

{{fbdoc item="see"}}
	- ##[[KeyPgInclude|#include]]##

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