From: "Bart van den Burg" <bart AT bart99 DOT tmfweb DOT nl>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: `return' with no value, in function returning non-void (was Re: Clearing screens)
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 19:06:36 +0200
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by the way
the function returns a number larger than in integer can be:

-----------------------------------------
#include <iostream.h>

int someFunction() {
 cout << "hi" << endl;
}

void main() {
 cout << someFunction();
}
=========================================
C:\djgpp>test
hi
120064
-----------------------------------------

Bart

"A. Sinan Unur" <asu1 AT cornell DOT edu> wrote in message
news:Xns913E7D7DCC53AASINANUNUR AT 132 DOT 236 DOT 56 DOT 8...
> "Bart van den Burg" <bart AT bart99 DOT tmfweb DOT nl> wrote in
> news:9qmuod$fu2$1 AT cyan DOT nl DOT gxn DOT net:
>
> > is it a DJGPP WIN2k bug that an int function doesn't have to return
> > anything?
>
> Change the subject line when you change the topic of a thread.
>
> Now, I am not sure what you mean. If you do the following:
>
> /* i.c */
> int blah(void)
> {
>   return;
> }
>
> C:\var>gcc -c i.c -Wall
> i.c: In function `blah':
> i.c:3: warning: `return' with no value, in function returning non-void
>
> do you not get a warning under W2K?
>
> Sinan.
> --
> --------------------------------
> A. Sinan Unur
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