RE: [Dev-C++] wait, i might have something

[Ioannis V. <no...@ho...>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev...@li... 
> [mailto:dev...@li...] On Behalf 
> Of Kenneth Armstrong
> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 6:37 PM
> To: dev...@so...
> Subject: [Dev-C++] wait, i might have something
> 
> 
> well i tried something different.  in the console programs 
> that i was trying
> to run in a dos window, i set up something like this:
> 
> int main()
> {
>    // code
>    return 0;
> }
> 
> that type of program would flash on and off, so it was 
> impossible to use it.
>   but then i tried this:
> 
> void main()
> {
>    //code
> }
> 
> and that particular program did not flash on and off.  it 
> stayed on the
> screen.  but i thought that using void in the main function 
> was considered
> bad programming etiqutte and that you should always try to 
> return a value to
> the operating system.  what's the deal?

Yes and the void thing has nothing to do with the non-pausing. The
pausing is bypassed by '\n's (enters) which remain in the stream
probably after scanfs or cins in C++.



Ioannis

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