Why 'int' main()?
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... I'm not exactly sure why I'm being forced to return an int of 4 bytes when I could manage with a short int (2 bytes) or heck a char (1 byte).
Could someone explain this for me? ( I know that it's fixed I just wanna know why ).
Could someone explain this for me? ( I know that it's fixed I just wanna know why ).
Because the standard says so.
http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2005/n1905.pdf
3.6.1.2 ... It shall have a return type of type int
http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2005/n1905.pdf
3.6.1.2 ... It shall have a return type of type int
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