From 5857986142069387679 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,314ebdf2ff957e27 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-04-17 12:16:25 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!kibo.news.demon.net!mutlu.news.demon.net!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!devnull From: ron@sensor.com ("Ron Natalie") Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: Why int main()? Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 19:16:25 +0000 (UTC) Lines: 19 Approved: fjh@cs.mu.oz.au (Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++) Message-ID: References: <9k6f9vkh1959gdaln74lutrdbv9kr9rq0c@4ax.com> <3e9dc9fd$0$4860$ed9e5944@reading.news.pipex.net> <5765b025.0304162335.536cf0ec@posting.google.com> X-Trace: mail2news.demon.co.uk 1050606985 2609 10.0.0.1 (17 Apr 2003 19:16:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 19:16:25 +0000 (UTC) X-Received: from mulga.cs.mu.oz.au ([128.250.1.22]) by news.demon.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 196Erv-0000fw-00 for mail2news@news.news.demon.net; Thu, 17 Apr 2003 19:16:24 +0000 X-Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU id FAA28004; Fri, 18 Apr 2003 05:16:20 +1000 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU: fjh set sender to devnull@stump.algebra.com using -f X-Path: comp-std-cpp-robomod!not-for-mail X-Robomod: STUMP, ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov) X-Delivered-To: std-c++@ucar.edu X-Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly. X-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 14:01:06 EDT X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=INVALID_MSGID,PRIORITY_NO_NAME,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT, REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01 version=2.41 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.std.c++:18797 "Al Grant" wrote in message news:5765b025.0304162335.536cf0ec@posting.google.com... > The committee seem to have tentatively grasped the concept of > "non standard returns" in the context of main without accepting > its utility in general. You've lost me. It's already explicitly part of the language. The standard says it's undefined behavior to fall off the bottom of a non-void function OTHER THAN MAIN. The only thing that needs fixing is the "OTHER THAN MAIN" exception. --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://www.jamesd.demon.co.uk/csc/faq.html ]