Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 10:07:19 +0200 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers) Subject: Re: void main Message-ID: <199609050807.KAA00701@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <87loepbfko.fsf@freebsd.gaffaneys.com> from Zach Heilig at "Sep 5, 96 02:12:39 am"
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As Zach Heilig wrote: > > int main (int argc, char *argv[], char *env[]); > > It is listed as a common extension in either an appendix or footnote > of the standard ... > Why they didn't is beyond be (but Terry Labert's explanation > might be close to the real reason). It's not needed either. In a Unix programming environment, you can always access the program environment via ``extern char **environ''. char *env[] in main() would be useless for implementing functions like getenv() anyway. The standard blesses getenv(), but doesn't mandate the way how it is actually implemented. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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