From 482763945918038966 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,314ebdf2ff957e27 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-04-23 19:24:48 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.uchicago.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, 24 Apr 2003 02:24:47 +0000 (UTC) Lines: 18 Approved: fjh@cs.mu.oz.au (Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++) Message-ID: References: <3E9821CE.8AC8B8C6@web.de> <7f2735a5.0304161119.2d516e7d@posting.google.com> <3EA7067C.BD7A6968@unet.univie.ac.at> X-Trace: mail2news.demon.co.uk 1051151087 5523 10.0.0.1 (24 Apr 2003 02:24:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 02:24:47 +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 198WPl-0001Qw-00 for mail2news@news.news.demon.net; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 02:24:46 +0000 X-Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU id MAA27258; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 12:24:43 +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: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 22:11:54 EDT X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=INVALID_MSGID,MAILTO_TO_SPAM_ADDR,PRIORITY_NO_NAME, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01 version=2.41 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.std.c++:18927 "Thomas Mang" wrote in message news:3EA7067C.BD7A6968@unet.univie.ac.at... > A point against "void main()": > It violates the overloading rules because we'd have then 2 functions differing > only in the return type. > OTOH, main is special anyways, why not make it special regarding this too, > since there is hardly an ambiguity to expect in practice........ Main is sort of reverse overloaded anyhow. --- [ 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 ]