From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Mar 4 13: 6:45 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from a.mx.everquick.net (a.mx.everquick.net [216.89.137.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE7FB37B71C for ; Sun, 4 Mar 2001 13:06:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net) Received: from localhost (eddy@localhost) by a.mx.everquick.net (8.9.0/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA12511 for ; Sun, 4 Mar 2001 21:06:41 GMT X-EverQuick-No-Abuse: Report any e-mail abuse to Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 21:06:41 +0000 (GMT) From: "E.B. Dreger" To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pthread_exit proto In-Reply-To: <3AA2A268.111D5261@sm.socccd.cc.ca.us> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 12:15:36 -0800 > From: Farooq Mela > > It's not actually gcc-specific code, its more of a hint to the compiler > to not warn about something like, main() "falling off the end" when > there is actually an exit(0); at the end of it. If GCC knows exit() > never returns to its caller it doesnt warn. Much like Borland's "#pragma" directives for the WinDos world. Eddy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. EverQuick Internet / EternalCommerce Division E-Mail: eddy@everquick.net Phone: (316) 794-8922 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message