is main() provided by a library valid C ?

[Peter S. Mazinger]

On Fri, 20 May 2005, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:

> > 
> > On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 11:14:25PM +0200, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 10:40:07PM +0200, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
> > > > > If my memory serves me right, to build libc w/ -z defs, main needs to be declared
> > > > > weak in libc.
> > > > 
> > > > Incorrect.  Libc doesn't need to mention main at all.  Please look at
> > > > glibc's CRT files.
> > > 

This is becoming out of topic, my question isn't answered though:

Is it allowed (as of linking) that the function main() been provided by a 
shared or static library instead of an object (*.o) ?

Peter

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