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Can void be the return value of main Function

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#1 (permalink)   07-12-2006

joel Contributing Member   Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 73 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts

Can void be the return value of main Function Is it possible to declare the main() as void. Will this declaration of main function as void give me error? Someone who has experienced throw highlight on this.

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#2 (permalink)   07-12-2006

RyanJames Expert Member   Join Date: May 2006 Location: New York, USA Posts: 118 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts

Re: Can void be the return value of main Function It is not possible to declare main() function return value as void. This is because the default return value of main function in C is int and if one declares it as void it results in mismatch in declaration and so cannot be declared as void.

#3 (permalink)   07-13-2006

joel Contributing Member   Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 73 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts

Re: Can void be the return value of main Function It was a nice explanation so is it that if one declare void in main() the program would throw redeclaration error that is a compile time error.

#4 (permalink)   09-10-2007

pbchaudhari Junior Member   Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 20 Thanks: 5 Thanked 8 Times in 6 Posts

Re: Can void be the return value of main Function void main() works in the TC compiler but not in cc. why?

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