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Art Berggreen <art@acc.com> wrote: >> You should change your declaration >>to "int main (void)" [not "void main (void)" ... I don't think that's >>considered legal anymore, if it ever was] >Functions returning void are definitely legal. In general, yes. BUT in ANSI-C, main() is not an ordinary function. `main' is a magic name indicating that this is the program entry point. It must be defined as either `int main(void)' or `int main(int, char **)' (I'm not sure if `int main(int, char **, char **)' is strictly legal). The compiler is also free to insert additional code into main to perform program initialisation (eg calling C++ static constructors). On many systems, gcc inserts a call to __main() for this purpose. Peter -- Peter Jeremy (VK2PJ) peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au Alcatel Australia Limited 41 Mandible St Phone: +61 2 9690 5019 ALEXANDRIA NSW 2015 Fax: +61 2 9690 5247 ________________________________________________ To get help for the crossgcc list, send mail to crossgcc-request@cygnus.com with the text 'help' (without the quotes) in the body of the message.