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In article <4aptvk$q7b@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, mwron@aol.com (MW Ron) wrote:

> 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. 

Yeah, I've done int main (whatever) with return 1 or 0 and it works fine.

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