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Marek MAKOWSKI wrote:
> 
> Would not it be sensible to add to the preprocessing a directive
> that would stop processing the current file ? Something like
> 
> #ifdef XXXX
> #exit
> 
> this would safe processing (sometimes very long) file in the common
> situations:
> 
> #ifdef XXXX
> // a (possibly) long header file hear
> #endif  /* ifdef XXXX*/
> 

Wouldn't it be better to update the C++ standard so the
default is that include files only get included once, and the
compiler/preprocessor keeps track of which ones it's already 
seen.  Then we wouldn't have to mess with these ugly #ifdefs
to make include files only be included once.
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