Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:22:40 -0400, Warp wrote:

> > Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> 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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