Orchid XP v8 a écrit :
> Mueen Nawaz wrote:
>> Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> Spot the mistake:
>>
>>     Function lacks a return statement.
> 
> Yup. A simple and obvious mistake. But unfortunately, not one the 
> compiler warned me about. (I'm also curios to know exactly what the hell 
> the function is returning... No doubt the reason there's no compiler 
> warning is that this is actually a valid thing to do due to some bizare 
> C language rule kept for compatibility or something random like that.)
> 
If you are using g++, you can add the option -Wall to your command line. 
The compiler should give a warning in this case... Well two actually, 
one because the variable x is not used for anything and one because the 
function does not return.

I'm leaving the explanation of why this is still legal to someone more 
competent :-)

-- 
Vincent

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