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As per the standard, main() can take no argument [ie, main(void)] or 2 arguments [main (int, char asterisk asterisk) or equivalent] or some implementation defined manner. See 5.1.2.2.1 in C2x working draft[0].

[0] http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n2346.pdf



Wow, it is painful to see that they still haven't accepted case ranges. They are supported by gcc, clang, and icc. Like so:

case 123 ... 456:

Switching on strings is another thing people have been wanting for half a century. It would seep up many programs, because most programmers don't bother to generate a perfect hash or a carefully-balanced tree of "if".




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