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Subject: Re: [9fans] the declaration of main()
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 15:55:36 +0000
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Greg Hudson wrote:
> If you return from main, the cleanup handler will be called, but all
> of main's automatic variables (including the buffer you passed to
> setvbuf()) are no longer valid.  If you explicitly call exit(), then
> main()'s automatic variables are still valid.

Oh, okay.  One of a zillion potential pitfalls that a C
programmer needs to avoid.

Patient: Doctor, it hurts when I do *this*!
Doctor: So don't do *that*!