Proposed resolution (November, 2013):

Change 6.10.3.1 [basic.start.main] paragraph 2 as follows:

An implementation shall not predefine the main function. This function shall not be overloaded. It shall have a declared return type of type int , but otherwise its type is implementation-defined. All implementations An implementation shall allow both

• a function of () returning int and

• a function of (int, pointer to pointer to char) returning int

as the type...

History Date User Action Args 2014-11-24 00:00:00adminsetstatus: accepted -> c++14 2014-03-03 00:00:00adminsetstatus: tentatively ready -> accepted 2014-01-20 00:00:00adminsetmessages: + msg4719 2014-01-20 00:00:00adminsetstatus: drafting -> tentatively ready 2013-10-14 00:00:00adminsetstatus: open -> drafting 2013-04-26 00:00:00admincreate