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From: ron@brl-sem.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>)
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Subject: Re: "exit 0;"  - or -  "exit (0);" ?
Message-ID: <484@brl-sem.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 17-Nov-86 19:54:16 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 17 19:54:16 1986
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In article <331@cartan.Berkeley.EDU>, ballou@brahms (Kenneth R. Ballou) writes:
> In article <1512@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> braner@batcomputer.UUCP (braner) writes:
> >While K&R explicitly say that exit() is a function, I commonly see
> >the parens dropped.  Is that "legal"? Does it work on existing compilers?
> 
> 	Note that 'exit' is not a reserved word in (K&R) C.  Therefore, the 
> compiler should reject the construct  exit 0;  on at least two grounds. 

Perahps this poor soul is getting exit confused with return.  Return
does not require parentheses.  Exit in every implementation that I have
seen is indeed a function and requires "()" as a minimum.

-Ron