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From: Christopher Layne <clayne@anodized.com>
To: Axel Freyn <axel-freyn@gmx.de>
Cc: gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: G++/GCC not detetcing stupid errors in code.
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:44:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080609004353.GN18743@ns1.signalpunk.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080522122005.GA12930@localhost.localdomain>

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 02:22:49PM +0200, Axel Freyn wrote:
> I would expect that this warning does not exist, because omitting the return-statement in
> "main" is perfectly valid in C++: (C++-Standard, 3.6.1.3)
> "If control reaches the end of main without encountering a return statement, the
> effect is that of executing return 0;"
> 
> For other functions, g++ also emits a warning if you forget the return
> statement.
> 
> Axel

This is something, that while valid by the C++ "Standard", I surely hope
doesn't become common practice.

-cl

  reply	other threads:[~2008-06-09  0:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-05-22  8:56 Laurent Dufréchou
2008-05-22  9:00 ` Sven Eschenberg
2008-05-22 10:53   ` Laurent Dufrechou
     [not found]   ` <-457754682823264016@unknownmsgid>
2008-05-22 11:55     ` Tom Browder
2008-05-22 12:09       ` Laurent Dufréchou
2008-05-22 12:23         ` Andrew Haley
2008-05-22 18:38           ` Laurent Dufréchou
2008-05-22 12:24         ` Axel Freyn
2008-06-09  0:44           ` Christopher Layne [this message]
2008-05-23  2:16         ` Tom Browder

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