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Re: Now this is just annoying.

From Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c++
Subject Re: Now this is just annoying.
Date 2025-02-02 15:22 -0800
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scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:
> $ gcc --version
> gcc (GCC) 14.2.1 20240912 (Red Hat 14.2.1-3)
>
> $ g++ -O3  -o /tmp/a /tmp/a.cpp  
> /tmp/a.cpp:4:1: warning: 'int main(int, const char**, const char**, const char**)' takes only zero or two arguments [-Wmain]
>     4 | main(int argc, const char **argv, const char **envp, const char **auxv)
>       | ^~~~
>
> So much for backward compatibility and support for the original C++ operating
> environment (unix).

Backward compatibility is exactly what you're seeing here.

g++ is warning you that your main function doesn't have one of the two
forms required by the C++ standard, but it's still compiling it.
You can even disable the warning with "-Wno-main".

BTW, the warning is slightly misleading.  It's not emitted if main is
defined with 3 parameters (argc, argv, envp).

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */

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Now this is just annoying. scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-02-02 18:05 +0000
  Re: Now this is just annoying. red floyd <no.spam.here@its.invalid> - 2025-02-02 11:05 -0800
    Re: Now this is just annoying. Muttley@DastardlyHQ.org - 2025-02-03 08:55 +0000
    Re: Now this is just annoying. scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-02-03 14:02 +0000
      Re: Now this is just annoying. Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-02-03 15:34 -0800
  Re: Now this is just annoying. Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-02-02 15:22 -0800
    Re: Now this is just annoying. scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-02-03 14:05 +0000
  Re: Now this is just annoying. James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2025-02-02 18:43 -0500
    Re: Now this is just annoying. scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-02-03 14:06 +0000
      Re: Now this is just annoying. Muttley@DastardlyHQ.org - 2025-02-03 14:10 +0000
      Re: Now this is just annoying. Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-02-03 15:21 -0800
        Re: Now this is just annoying. scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-02-03 23:54 +0000
  Re: Now this is just annoying. Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2025-02-03 15:16 +0100
    Re: Now this is just annoying. scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-02-03 17:46 +0000
      Re: Now this is just annoying. Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-02-03 15:33 -0800
      Re: Now this is just annoying. Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2025-02-04 07:20 +0100
        Re: Now this is just annoying. scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-02-04 14:30 +0000
          Re: Now this is just annoying. Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2025-02-04 17:25 +0100
            Re: Now this is just annoying. scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-02-04 20:20 +0000
          Re: Now this is just annoying. Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2025-02-05 08:53 +0100
            Re: Now this is just annoying. scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-02-05 15:09 +0000
              Re: Now this is just annoying. Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2025-02-05 16:11 +0100
                Re: Now this is just annoying. "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2025-02-05 11:46 -0800

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