"Michael Gong" <mwgong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Please never send e-mail to both gcc and gcc-help. That is pointless.
This question is appropriate for gcc-help, not gcc.
> I am wondering why following program is compiled successfully by gcc ?
> Please notice there is a ";" after the function definition.
>
> Is there a gcc extension for it ?
>
> /* foo.c */
> int main() {
> printf("hello world\n");
> } ;
I believe the semicolon is simply a declaration statement (e.g.,
"extern int i;") which doesn't happen to declare anything.
If you find something in the C standard which says that this should be
prohibited, please file a bug as described in
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html
Thanks.
Ian
