<sect2 id="include-pragma">
<title>INCLUDE pragma</title>
- <para>The <literal>INCLUDE</literal> pragma is for specifying the names
- of C header files that should be <literal>#include</literal>'d into
- the C source code generated by the compiler for the current module (if
- compiling via C). For example:</para>
-
-<programlisting>
-{-# INCLUDE "foo.h" #-}
-{-# INCLUDE <stdio.h> #-}</programlisting>
-
- <para><literal>INCLUDE</literal> is a file-header pragma (see <xref linkend="pragmas"/>).</para>
-
- <para>An <literal>INCLUDE</literal> pragma is the preferred alternative
- to the <option>-#include</option> option (<xref
- linkend="options-C-compiler" />), because the
- <literal>INCLUDE</literal> pragma is understood by other
- compilers. Yet another alternative is to add the include file to each
- <literal>foreign import</literal> declaration in your code, but we
- don't recommend using this approach with GHC.</para>
+ <para>The <literal>INCLUDE</literal> used to be necessary for
+ specifying header files to be included when using the FFI and
+ compiling via C. It is no longer required for GHC, but is
+ accepted (and ignored) for compatibility with other
+ compilers.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="warning-deprecated-pragma">