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.
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).