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From: tchrist@convex.com (Tom Christiansen)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: return from main
Message-ID: <106927@convex.convex.com>
Date: 7 Oct 90 03:59:53 GMT
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Reply-To: tchrist@convex.Com (Tom Christiansen)
Organization: Convex Computer Corp, Richardson, TX
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Trying to return from main causes an error message.

perl -e 'return 1'
Bad label: _SUB_ at /tmp/perl-e025554 line 1.

I would like to see a return from main to be the 
same as exit, just as it is in C.

In any event, it shouldn't complain about a Bad Label.

--tom

ps: I'm at Patchlevel 18.
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