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Re: [PATCH] NULL-terminate list of arguments in server-mode
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Larry Jones |
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Re: [PATCH] NULL-terminate list of arguments in server-mode |
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Mon, 1 Oct 2001 15:26:58 -0400 (EDT) |
Derek R. Price writes:
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> Is this really traditional? I've never seen it in over 10 years of C
> programming. Can you point me at the appropriate standard?
It's standard for the arguments to main -- according to the ISO C
standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999) 5.1.2.2.1 Program startup:
If they are declared, the parameters to the main function shall
obey the following constraints:
- The value of argc shall be nonnegative.
- argv[argc] shall be a null pointer.
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-Larry Jones
Mom must've put my cape in the wrong drawer. -- Calvin