Re: What will happen if main called in side main function?

On 31 Mar 2006 09:03:16 -0800, "Ravi" <ravi.wireless@xxxxxxxxx> wrote
in comp.lang.c:

void main()
{
main();
}

int main()
{
main();
}

It seems apparent from a later message you posted in the thread, you
are asking if the above is a valid program. No, it is not, you cannot
have two functions with external linkage and the same name in a
program. And you cannot have two functions with the same name in a
single translation unit, regardless of linkage.

And main() must be defined with a return type of int.

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