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From: justus@tko-sony-8.hut.fi (Juhana R{s{nen)
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Subject: Re: Lattice 5.02 stdlib.h problems
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Date: 15 Feb 90 15:20:51 GMT
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In article <575.25d83771@zodiac.rutgers.edu> wall@zodiac.rutgers.edu writes:
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>   The compiler kept giving me a return type not defined for main.  I traced
>this to some lines in stdlib.h which typed main as 'void'.  (As well 
>as defining its parameters argc and argv)  My question is, is this right?

You're right. I had similar problems with my 5.02.

>I've never seen main typed in ANY of the other headers, so why here?  Is
>there some reason?  I've used compilers on other machines that do not
>type main at all in any of the headers.  What's going on?

I don't think there's any particular reason for the prototype to be there
(and as far as I recall, it has been removed in 5.04). Your program should
work all right if you remove the prototype.

>				Thanks a lot,
>				  Sean Wall
>				(WALL@CANCER)

	Juhana R{s{nen / niksula.hut.fi