Compiler directive

A compiler directives give instructions to the compiler to preprocess the information before actual compilation starts. All these directives begin with a $ (dollar sign ) immediately following the opening { (Left curly bracket). The compiler directive is always specified as a comment using curly braces:

 {$DIRECTIVE [value]}

There are two types of directives in use:

• local compiler directives
• global compiler directives

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