Re: atexit() and return from main()

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From: Arno Eigenwillig
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 16:00

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In article <DLKrx7.6p6@ukpsshp1.serigate.philips.nl>, Stephen Baynes writes:

> In this example what happens if no second call to exit is been made (after
> longjumping back to main the program does not attempt to call exit again -
> instead it keeps executing indefinately)?

Does The Standard define the behaviour of infinitely long running
programs at all? I thought it merely defined the output having been
made after the program terminates, and the relative sequence of cer-
tain output events (I/O, accessing volatile objects).

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From: arno@yaps.rhein.de (Arno Eigenwillig)
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Subject: Re: atexit() and return from main()
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Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 17:00:51 +0100
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