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Use the <code>register_attribute</code> function to register custom attributes. </p> <div class="smallexample"> <pre class="smallexample">/* Attribute handler callback */ static tree handle_user_attribute (tree *node, tree name, tree args, int flags, bool *no_add_attrs) { return NULL_TREE; } /* Attribute definition */ static struct attribute_spec user_attr = { "user", 1, 1, false, false, false, false, handle_user_attribute, NULL }; /* Plugin callback called during attribute registration. Registered with register_callback (plugin_name, PLUGIN_ATTRIBUTES, register_attributes, NULL) */ static void register_attributes (void *event_data, void *data) { warning (0, G_("Callback to register attributes")); register_attribute (&user_attr); } </pre></div> <p>The <i>PLUGIN_PRAGMAS</i> callback is called once during pragmas registration. Use the <code>c_register_pragma</code>, <code>c_register_pragma_with_data</code>, <code>c_register_pragma_with_expansion</code>, <code>c_register_pragma_with_expansion_and_data</code> functions to register custom pragmas and their handlers (which often want to call <code>pragma_lex</code>) from <samp>c-family/c-pragma.h</samp>. </p> <div class="smallexample"> <pre class="smallexample">/* Plugin callback called during pragmas registration. Registered with register_callback (plugin_name, PLUGIN_PRAGMAS, register_my_pragma, NULL); */ static void register_my_pragma (void *event_data, void *data) { warning (0, G_("Callback to register pragmas")); c_register_pragma ("GCCPLUGIN", "sayhello", handle_pragma_sayhello); } </pre></div> <p>It is suggested to pass <code>"GCCPLUGIN"</code> (or a short name identifying your plugin) as the “space” argument of your pragma. </p> <p>Pragmas registered with <code>c_register_pragma_with_expansion</code> or <code>c_register_pragma_with_expansion_and_data</code> support preprocessor expansions. For example: </p> <div class="smallexample"> <pre class="smallexample">#define NUMBER 10 #pragma GCCPLUGIN foothreshold (NUMBER) </pre></div> </body> </html>