The following code won't compile with MSVC 2010, but when compiled and executed with Turbo C, it reports the value of x as 20, even when there is no return statement in fun1.....
Code:#include<stdio.h> int x; int fun1(); int main() { x=10; printf("x = %d\n",fun1()); } int fun1(void) { x=x+10; }
MSVC is a C++ compiler, which are more strict than C compilers (all other things being equal). You're only getting 20 back from the function by accident - that value happened to be floating around and landed in the correct register when the function returned, so it accidentally worked in that one case. Definitely don't rely on it.
If I was you, I'd either stick with using MSVC (can't believe I just suggested that...) or play with Turbo C's warning options until it literally will not allow you to compile that code into an executable. You'll thank yourself in the long run, trust me.
Last edited by JohnGraham; 12-05-2011 at 09:07 AM.
Well... no matter how many times I compile it, it gives the same result, and am quiet sure that if you try it at ur place with a turbo C compiler, it would produce the same results.Originally Posted by JohnGraham
It works because x is a global variable and you are probably ignoring the warning about your function missing a return value...
Move your int x; line into main and see what happens...
It won't compile in MSVC++ not because there's a problem with global variables but because your function is missing a return value.
No warnings... no nothing. It is as if the call to fun1 through printf is working as a macro expansion and getting replaced with x+10....
You could try increasing your compiler's warning level. As for MSVC 2010: make sure you are compiling as C, not C++.
The behaviour is undefined since you attempt to use the return value despite the lack of a return statement.
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Most likely it's because the result of x = x + 10 is still sitting in the cpu register when you call printf() in main() and turbo C isn't smart enough to catch the missing return value error.
I disagree. There is no return value, and there is no effort to catch or work with a return value. The return value is simply an integer with a NULL value, that is never used by the program.
The function merely changed a global variable - and when the execution returned to main(), it printed the global variable.
Yes, Turbo C will do this ALL the time, since it is correct C, according to the AT&T standards it was written to work with, at that time. It will give you a warning about the lack of a return from the function - at least, my early version of Turbo C, did.
Last edited by Adak; 12-05-2011 at 09:55 AM.
The return value is the second argument to printf, thus the C standard disagrees with you:
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Yes it is... look at line 12 ... the return value (if it really existed) would be used by printf().
Wow... scabby standard. Thank goodness we've moved on.The function merely changed a global variable - and when the execution returned to main(), it printed the global variable.
Yes, Turbo C will do this ALL the time, since it is correct C, according to the AT&T standards it was written to work with, at that time. It will give you a warning about the lack of a return from the function - at least, my early version of Turbo C, did.
For what it's worth... Pelles C says x = 1 and if I switch to __STDCALL it produces a redefinition error because the prototype doesn't have void in it's parameter list. Adding the return x; line in the function correctly reports 20.
Last edited by CommonTater; 12-05-2011 at 10:15 AM.
Except in this statement:
can anyone suggest me where can I download proper C99 standards....
We have a sticky concerning that
C Draft Standards
If you are really dying for the published document, try obtaining a PDF version from the ANSI store.
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You might also want to download a C-99 compiler, because MSVC isn't ... Pelles C
Did you go to the link???????????
