The #pragma strings directive sets the storage type for string literals and specifies whether they can be placed in read-only or read-write memory.
>>-#--pragma--strings--(--+-writeable-+--)--------------------->< '-readonly--'
Strings are read-only by default if any
form of the compiler invocation xlc is used.
Strings are read-only by default if any
form of the compiler invocations xlC or xlc++ is used.
This pragma must appear before any source statements in order to have effect.
#pragma strings(writeable)
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