On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 12:13 AM, Eric Wolf <eric.wolf@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Am 03/24/2014 08:04 AM, schrieb Kilian, Jens: > >>> From: Florian Weimer [mailto:fw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] >>> * Jens Kilian: >>>> >>>> I remember only one compiler (HP aCC) which requires compiling main() >>>> as C++. As far as I know GCC never needed this. >>> >>> >>> Some systems need collect2 support for initializers: >>> >>> <http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gccint/Collect2.html> >> >> >> I interpret this page to mean that GCC will always call the required >> __main() >> from main(), even if compiling C code. In this case you wouldn't need to >> compile main() using g++ (not gcc). > > > But that's strange. With this little example: ... > no __main pops up. > > Could be inlined though? You neglected to say what machine you were running on. __main is only used on some platforms. In particular it is not used on GNU/Linux. > But there is a > __libc_start_main > symbol, maybe __main got renamed? No, that is a different symbol. Ian
