From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: compiler doesn't catch missing semicolon after struct
Date: 10 Oct 2001 17:10:16 GMT
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Radical wrote:
> defining main simply:

> main(...argv,...argc)

> should indeed DEFAULT to the int main(...argv,...argc) construct,

It shouldn't. Not since ANSI C99 was ratified, which disallowed
implicit function return types, among other things.

> but doesn't (older compilers would have no problemwith this).

It does, unless you call for C99 compatibility. But it generates a
(perfectly deserved) warning.


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