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:	Fri, 14 Aug 1998 19:01:18 GMT
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From: Gruber Gerhard
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Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 04:28:23 GMT:

>> 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.
>
>wow...i didn't know this...i was told it was assumed...
>but i still suppose that leaving void out would be ok... I mean it would be silly
>to pass parameters to a function that didn't require any. So in effect it would
>turn out pretty much the same whether or not you specify void in the brackets or
>not...

Leaving the brackets empty doesn't say that this function take sno arguments,
it says only that there is a function. No info about any arguments. The
arguments may be 0, 1, 2, ..., but only if you say function(void) then it says
that the function takes exactly ZERO arguments.

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   Gerhard

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