[patch] Re: Wrong destruction order of static objects in g++

Kaveh R. Ghazi ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu
Sun Jun 7 10:32:00 GMT 1998


 > From: Alexandre Oliva <oliva@dcc.unicamp.br>
 > 
 > Richard Henderson <rth@dot.cygnus.com> writes:
 > 
 > > On Thu, Jun 04, 1998 at 04:25:56PM -0300, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
 > >> I don't think so, but it's easy to work around this problem.  Here's a 
 > >> patch that adds this test case.
 > > [...]
 > >> +int main() {}
 > 
 > > Don't forget to exit(0).
 > 
 > There's no need for that in C++.  Falling off main() is equivalent to
 > returning zero.
 > -- 
 > Alexandre Oliva

	Also, doesn't calling exit(0) bypass destructors?
The above code doesn't create any objects, but for the general C++ test
case I think an explicit `return 0' is better than exit(0) (or falling
off main() for that matter.)

		--Kaveh
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