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Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:22:40 -0400, Warp wrote:
> > Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote:
> >> Yes, it would be a valid .c file because a library doesn't need to have
> >> a main() function.
> >
> > Have you checked that the C standard agrees with you?
> I researched a little bit, yes. By definition, a library is not a
> program, just a collection of functions, and as such, a main function is
> not required (in fact, it could cause problems to have a library with a
> main() function).
That's not what I meant. I was talking about source files which contain
nothing. The question was whether an empty file is a valid C source file,
to which you responded positively, which is why I asked whether the standard
also says so.
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- Warp
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