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

[Alexandre Oliva]

Kaveh R Ghazi <ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu> writes:

>> From: Alexandre Oliva <oliva@dcc.unicamp.br>

>> Richard Henderson <rth@dot.cygnus.com> writes:

>> > Don't forget to exit(0).

>> There's no need for that in C++.  Falling off main() is equivalent to
>> returning zero.

> 	Also, doesn't calling exit(0) bypass destructors?

Only destructors of automatic objects are bypassed.  Other than that,
returning from main must be equivalent to calling exit(), as stated in
[basic.start.main]/5

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