bfin c++ problem

[Jonathan Wakely]

On 21 July 2016 at 12:40, Jonathan Wakely wrote:
> On 21 July 2016 at 12:12, Oliver Kullmann wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 11:26:42AM +0100, Jonathan Wakely wrote:
>>> On 21 July 2016 at 04:05, Oliver Kullmann wrote:
>>> > Hello,
>>> >
>>> > a C++ compiler is not required to recognise "main(void)":
>>>
>>> That's incorrect.
>>>
>>> Although I consider (void) parameter lists to be an abomination in
>>> C++, "int main(void)" has exactly the same type as "int main()" which
>>> is one of the types that all implementations must support.
>>
>> Where did you get this?
>> The Standard Subsection 3.6.1 says
>>
>>   All implementations shall allow both of the following definitions of
>>   main:
>>
>>     int main()
>> and
>>     int main(int argc char* argv[])
>>
>> That's it!
>
> It's 2016 not 2011.
>
> The Standard (i.e. C++14) specifies the *types* of main function that
> all implementations support. int main() and int main(void) are the
> same type.

The old wording you're looking at was modified by
http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/cwg_defects.html#1003