Date: Sun, 28 Dec 97 21:34:51 PST
From: Noam Rotem <nrotem AT johnbryce DOT co DOT il>
Subject: Re: Filtering warnings 
To: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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>>When I'm using the -Wall switch, I get also the warning about 
>>main, defaulting to 'int'...

> IMHO, people who use `void main' deserve the
>warnings. Either don't do that, or ignore them.

>Strangely, I can't get the warnings myself. Compiling this program:

>#include <stdio.h>
>void main(void) { printf("Hello, world"); }

>yields no warnings, even with `-Wall' and/or `-W'. 

My declaration was: *main()* not *void main()*. 
main() indeed defaults to int main(), but the question was how to use the 
shortcut without being warned.

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