Is it Ok to NOT return from a void function (MIPS toolchain)

[Chris Dollin]

Hi,
Is the following pseudo code valid for a MIPS architecture , cross-
compiled with the MIPS toolchain :
void some_function (arg1, arg 2)
{
...
Do stuff here
...
}

Notice the function is NOT returning at all ?

There's an implicit `return` at the closing brace.

 

[raseelbhagat]

Hi,
Is the following pseudo code valid for a MIPS architecture , cross-
compiled with the MIPS toolchain :
void some_function (arg1, arg 2)
{
...
Do stuff here
...
}

Notice the function is NOT returning at all ?

 

[Ian Collins]

Hi,
Is the following pseudo code valid for a MIPS architecture , cross-
compiled with the MIPS toolchain :
void some_function (arg1, arg 2)
{
...
Do stuff here
...
}

Notice the function is NOT returning at all ?

Yes it does, it falls of the end.

 

[Thad Smith]

Hi,
Is the following pseudo code valid for a MIPS architecture , cross-
compiled with the MIPS toolchain :
void some_function (arg1, arg 2)
{
...
Do stuff here
...
}

Notice the function is NOT returning at all ?

Yes, it happens all the time in embedded code: a program starts and
never returns. It stops when someone pulls the plug of the battery dies.

 

[Kuang Yaming]

yes, I think so.

 

[Chris Dollin]

Yes, it happens all the time in embedded code: a program starts and
never returns.

[That's a lot of programs. It's a wonder any of them make progress.]

I think the OP means that the function doesn't /contain/ an explicit
`return` statement, not that it has an unbounded loop in it.

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[Default User]

yes, I think so.

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[Keith Thompson]

Is the following pseudo code valid for a MIPS architecture , cross-
compiled with the MIPS toolchain :
void some_function (arg1, arg 2)
{
...
Do stuff here
...
}

Notice the function is NOT returning at all ?

I assume you mean that the function doesn't execute a return statement.

For a void function, reaching the closing '}' (i.e., falling off the
end of the function) does exactly the same thing as executing a
"return;" statement.

This has absolutely nothing to do with the MIPS architecture. (If it
did, we would have advised you to post in a different newsgroup.)