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To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
Subject: Re: Are prototypes for main() illegal by any standard ? (was Re: 
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In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 18 Dec 2001 10:48:56 +0200."
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Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 09:38:02 -0700
From: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>
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In message <200112180848.fBI8mvO00685@grimreaper.grondar.org> Mark Murray writes:
: AFAIK, this is perfectly legal C:
: 
: /* begin */
: void printf(char *, ...)
: 
: void main(void)
: {
: 	printf("Hello world");
: }
: /* end */

Please see secont 5.1.2.2.1 of the c99 standard for why this isn't
valid in a hosted enviornment.

Warner

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