• Andrew Edwards (12/12) Dec 20 2002 Should this be legal?
• Walter (5/17) Dec 24 2002 At the moment, main can be declared to return anything. Clearly, that sh...

"Andrew Edwards" <AndrewEdwards spamfreeamerica.com> writes:

Should this be legal?

char[] main()
{
 char[] i = "";
 return i;
}

Currently all basic data types can be returned to main. Is this intended or
an oversight?

If this is intended, how does one capture and use the values returned by
main?

Thanks,
Andrew

"Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> writes:

At the moment, main can be declared to return anything. Clearly, that should
be fixed and the return type restricted to being an int. -Walter

"Andrew Edwards" <AndrewEdwards spamfreeamerica.com> wrote in message
news:au0vtl$1lo7$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 Should this be legal?

 char[] main()
 {
  char[] i = "";
  return i;
 }

 Currently all basic data types can be returned to main. Is this intended

or
 an oversight?

 If this is intended, how does one capture and use the values returned by
 main?

 Thanks,
 Andrew