From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: New C Programmer Problem
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 22:48:49 -0800
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Benjamin D Chambers wrote:

> >My program is:
> >#include <stdio.h>
> >main()
> >{
> >  printf("whatever");
> >}
> >
> Not to be nit-picky (okay, I'm nit-picking) but I believe there are only
> two ANSI defined ways to declare main.  The one you probably wanted to
> use was
> int main(void)
> {
>  ...your commands...
>  return(0);  ...Or whatever...
> }

Actually, the mere declaration

    main() { ... }

in fact does define main as returning int and taking no parameters.  In C,
the default return type of a function when not explicitly specified is int.
Also, when no parameters are explicitly specified, in a definition it is
taken as of taking no parameters.  (In a prototype, in C, it doesn't say
anything about the parameter list; in C++, it always means no parameters.)

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