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Re: Can main() be called by itself?

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gordonb.mj8yu@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) writes:

>> Recently, I had a quiz onsite.
<snip>
>> It looks like below, but it is not exactly (I
>> cannot remember its exact form now).
>  
>> int main(int a)
>
> The appropriate function signatures for main() are:
> 	int main(void)
> OR
> 	int main(int argc, char **argv)
> and the above isn't equivalent to one of them.

Right, but an implementation can define others, so there is no reason to
reject the question on this basis.  (I know you are not doing that.  I'm
just clearing up a detail.)

<snip>
-- 
Ben.

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Can main() be called by itself? fl <rxjwg98@gmail.com> - 2015-08-13 16:51 -0700
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  Re: Can main() be called by itself? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-08-13 23:32 -0400
    Re: Can main() be called by itself? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-08-14 11:14 -0700
  Re: Can main() be called by itself? Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2015-08-13 22:14 -0600
    Re: Can main() be called by itself? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-08-14 11:15 -0700
  Re: Can main() be called by itself? gordonb.mj8yu@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2015-08-14 01:52 -0500
    Re: Can main() be called by itself? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-08-14 11:46 +0100
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