"Jesse Liberty" <jliberty@libertyassociates.com> writes:

>My understanding is that main() must return int.

That is correct.

>However, in section 14   Templates    I found this:
>
>   void main() {
>                   A<int>* p;
>                  p->A<int>::~A(); // ok: destructor call
>                  p->A<int>::~A<int>(); // ok: destructor call
>          }
>   --end example]

That's a bug in the draft standard.

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Forgive me if this has come up before.

My understanding is that main() must return int. I quote this from the
draft:

***
3.6.1 Main function [basic.start.main]

1 A program shall contain a global function called main, which is the
designated start of the program. ...

2 An implementation shall not predefine the main function. This function
shall not be overloaded. It shall have a return type of type int, but
otherwise its type is implementation-defined. All implementations shall
allow both of the following definitions of main:

int main() { /* ... */ }
and
int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { /* ... */ }

****


However, in section 14   Templates    I found this:

***
   void main() {
                   A<int>* p;
                  p->A<int>::~A(); // ok: destructor call
                  p->A<int>::~A<int>(); // ok: destructor call
          }
   --end example]

***

Can you clarify? Thanks.

-j

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