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danijar
danijar

Reputation: 34185

Console Application does NOT close immediately

I decided to spend some time with C++ again and that's why I downloaded the IDE named Dev-C++ in the newest version this day.

From learning C++ some years ago, I remembered that a console window would immediately close after the main() function exits.

int main() {}

But the code line above doesn't let the console window only flash and disappear. Instead of this behaviour - which I actually expected - the console window appears and shows me the following message.

Process exited normally.
Press any key to continue . . .

Was there a change I hadn't noticed in the last years? I can't remember the IDE to do these strange things and still less I can believe that the GCC compiler changed this way!

What's going on with my console application and how can I prevent the culprit from doing this?!

Update: To make things clear, this behaviour might be a so called feature. But I do not want to use this feature, because my application is used to set up a folder structure without showing any output. And, by the way, my operating system is Windows 7.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 736

Answers (2)

David Rodríguez - dribeas
David Rodríguez - dribeas

Reputation: 208353

That is unrelated to the compiler or toolchain, but rather how the IDE is creating the consoles/terminals. I actually find it better to leave the windows open (in case there is any output that I want to verify).

Upvotes: 2

Luchian Grigore
Luchian Grigore

Reputation: 258608

That's probably just the IDE behaviour. I doubt the compiler inserts a pause at the end of the program. The IDE just lets you see the output before closing the window.

Upvotes: 1

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