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+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 2010 David Bateman
+
+This file is part of Octave.
+
+Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+option) any later version.
+
+Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, see
+<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+*/
+
+#if !defined (octave_openmp_h)
+#define octave_openmp_h 1
+
+/* A macro to make using OpenMP easier, and easier to disable */
+#ifdef HAVE_OPENMP
+#include <omp.h>
+#define OCTAVE_OMP_PRAGMA(x) _Pragma (#x)
+#else
+#define OCTAVE_OMP_PRAGMA(x)
+#endif
+
+#endif