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Subject: Re: Are prototypes for main() illegal by any standard ? (was Re: 
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On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Mark Murray wrote:

> AFAIK, this is perfectly legal C:
>
> /* begin */
> void printf(char *, ...)
>
> void main(void)
> {
> 	printf("Hello world");
> }
> /* end */
>
> And it should compile warning-free and run without error. Agreed

Except for one syntax error and 2 type mismatches.

> that the style sucks, but it is _legal_ - and any compiler's prior
> assumed knowledge about main is plain wrong - it is a linker thing
> to use ``main'' as an entry point, and nobody else's damn business
> what it is after that! (argc and argv are likewise conventions that
> are less useful in an embedded environment with no shell (ya, ya I
> know about execv :)).
>
> Now if anyone can show official standards showing me that I'm
> wrong here, I'll shut up and back off. :-)

See other replies.  Authors of "void main()" are often laughed at in
comp.lang.c.

Bruce


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