From:	sparhawk AT eunet DOT at (Gerhard Gruber)
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Subject:	Re: A very basic question about C programming... diary of a newbie Part 1
Date:	Thu, 13 Aug 1998 15:41:11 GMT
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From: Gruber Gerhard
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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 08:16:15 GMT:

>> No, this isn't a prototype.  This is:
>>
>>   void do_nothing(void);
>
>  if you leave the void in brackets out it will be assumed..

That's wrong.

The function(void) means that you specifically say that these function takes
no arguments. a call like this function(i) yields an error. If you leave the
void out then this means you don't give the compiler a hint what this function
takes. writing function() or function(i) or function(a, b, c, d, e) is
considered valid in this case, so leaving the void out is not the default vor
void. It is totaly different.
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   Gerhard

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