main() return value

[kevin06s]

I have seen many programs use return false for main() when an error is occured. Is this correct? It seems to me that return false = return 0 = return EXIT_SUCCESS, so that in fact, if you encounter an error, you would need to return true in order to return a failure code?

[helios]

The return value of main() is irrelevant for most applications.

[Duthomhas]

Nevertheless, your assessment is correct. It is silly to return false because that makes no sense.

[blackcoder41]

YES, bool is cast to int and int is cast to bool..

int foo() {
    return true;
}

bool boo() {
    return 1;
}

EXIT_SUCCESS is also equal to 0
http://cplusplus.com/reference/clibrary/cstdlib/EXIT_SUCCESS/