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hammond_g@drkclu.meng.ucl.ac.uk (G. Ruth Hammond) writes:

>Using Metrowerks CodeWarrior C++ on my LC475 I declare main as void
main(void)
>and it compiles ok, but using DEC C++ on an alpha it insists on int
main(void) 
>and won't compile otherwise. CodeWarrior won't compile it with an int
main
>(void), it gives link errors. 
>-- % snip % --
>which one is the correct ANSI standard? and is there a way to ensure my
source
>will compile without modification on both platforms (maybe with #ifdef?)

Hi Guy there is no reason for this not to work returning an integer is the
SOP in C++ so much so that you don't even declare it usually just write
main().   I have a feeling the problemis you have selected to treat all
warnings as an error and do not have a return 0;  as your last line in
main().

Many compilers will return a  zero for you from main() [ it might be
called for in the standard, but I am not sure ]  so your DEC compiler
probably does this for you.  

If this is not the problem let me know, but this should not be a problem. 



Ron

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