[crossfire] Patch for (void)

[Kevin R. Bulgrien]

On Sunday 04 March 2007 05:14, Nicolas Weeger wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> The patch 
> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1660388&group_id=13833&atid=313833 
> adds (void) to functions instead of () when no argument.
> 
> What do you think of that?
> 
> I have mixed feelings, I don't like adding unecessary things. On the other 
> hand maybe that's the convention we want to follow?
> 
> Nicolas

Using "Learning C++, Third Edition, by Erik Nagler" as a reference, the distinction between
void and the absence of void is based on whether the source is C++ or C.  In C, empty
parentheses mean "I'll take anything you want to give me." whereas in C++ empty
parentheses mean "no arguments can be passed in".

Unless the source is moving to C++, it seems best to allow the compiler to help find
errors that involve passing of parameters when none should be passed, but that is
from a developer that has worked mostly with other languages and from one who 
has limited C experience.

Kevin