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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Should #include <foo.h>; compile?
Message-ID: <15253@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 19 Feb 91 23:33:34 GMT
References: <7605@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD.
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In article <7605@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett) writes:
>Should this program compile?
>	#include <stdio.h>;
>	main() {}

Since it violates at least one syntax rule in the C standard, a
diagnostic is required from a conforming implementation.

The failure of main() to return a value results in undefined behavior,
by the way.