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Subject:	Re: return type for `main' changed to `int'
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Rodeo Red wrote:
> 
> I searched for "return type for `main'" - no results
> I searched  for "return type"- found section 22.24 "What should the main
> function return in a C program? "
> Does not seem to apply because I'm using C++

So, when you are using C++, the process never returns with a completion
status? :)

"Conventionally, main() should return zero if the program terminates
normally and nonzero otherwise (para3.2) "
    The C++ Programming Language, 3rd Ed.  Stroustrup

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