Re: [Dev-C++] Question using "main" as a variable name

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> Amy...@ao... wrote:
> The only other way I can discribe it is the C++ standard insitsts, than you should never explicitly call main() from within a function. Main is a the main entry point to a program and the first called by the operating system
> when you execute the program.
>
> #include 
>
> int main()
> {
>    std::cout << "I am main\n";
>
>    main(); // allowed, but not recomended
>
>    return 0;
> }
>
> In general, using main as a function or variable is "protentially dangerous". The compiler will not flag
> as it an error, but more up to date ones my catch it as an error.


Now I understand it. Thanks for the help.

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