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From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: Are prototypes for main() illegal by any standard ? (was Re:
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On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 08:34:33PM -0500, Sergey Babkin wrote:
> Mark Murray wrote:
> > 
> > This I do not understand. :-)
> > 
> > AFAIK, this is perfectly legal C:
> > 
> > /* begin */
> > void printf(char *, ...)
> > 
> > void main(void)
> > {
> >         printf("Hello world");
> > }
> > /* end */
> > 
> > And it should compile warning-free and run without error. Agreed
> > that the style sucks, but it is _legal_ - and any compiler's prior
> 
> No, it's completely wrong. The return type of main() is int. 
> Otherwise you get garbage for the exit code.
> 
It's perfectly legal in a free-standing environment.


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