Thread: inclusion guards

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    inclusion guards

    When writing header files I've always used the folowing format

    Code:
    #ifndef HEADER_H
    #define HEADER_H
    .
    .
    //code here
    .
    .
    #endif
    Now I've bought a C++ .Net book and it uses an alternative approach:

    #pragma once

    Is this better or worse or does it not make any difference which one I use?

    TIA

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    #pragma once

    is NOT defined in C++ and therefore is not guaranteed to be portable from compiler to compiler. It's in the .NET book because they are most-likely assuming you are using MSVC++ .NET (a compiler which defines the command to only open the file it is in once).

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