On 15.11.2016, at 22:08, Denis Kudriashov <dionisiydk at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> 2016-11-15 21:58 GMT+01:00 Tobias Pape <Das.Linux at gmx.de>:
> Here's my 2ct:
> 
> 1. Pragmas aren't actually pragmas. They do not instruct the compiler to do things (_except_ for primitive: and apicall:, but these are now  outliers).
>    They rather add metadata to a (compiled) method.
> 2. The 'thing' (ie, class) should probably be named
>         MethodAnnotation
> 3. We can have the cake and eat it to:
> 
>         Rename Pragma -> MethodAnnotation.
>         Make Pragma a new subclass of MethodAnnotation.
>         Make MethodAnnotation implement
>                 #methodSelector
>                 #annotationSelector (or #selector, if it must be)
>         Make Pragma implement
>                 #selector
>                 #keywords
> 
> I remember long discussion about Pragma vs Annotation name where Igor won completely :)). Conclusion was that Pragma is a right name.

The German wiktionary is more on the compiler-side:

* Pragma: eine Steueranweisung im Quellcode für einen Compiler oder einen Interpreter, die den Programmablauf nicht direkt beeinflusst, die aber Auswirkungen auf bestimmte Überprüfungen des Quellcodes hat

(Control statment for compiler/interpreter that does not directly change control flow but has effect on code checking)…

Sources for this usage:

* „Ein Pragma - auch Pseudo-lnstruktion genannt - leitet einfach Informationen an den Compiler weiter und wird nicht zu einem Teil des ausführbaren Programms.“ [Steven Feuerstein, Bill Pribyl: Oracle PL/SQL Programmierung (Safari Books Online), 2. Auflage 2003, ISBN 389721184X, Seite 85]

(a pragma - aka pseudo instruction - directs simple information to the compiler and _will not be part_ of the executable)  (emphasis mine)

English wiktionary likewise: 
	• (computing, programming) A compiler directive; data embedded in source code by programmers to indicate some intention to the compiler.
This pragma stops the compiler from generating those warnings we don't care about.

And also wikipedia:
	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directive_(programming)



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Best regards
	-Tobias