Is it better to use C void arguments “void foo(void)” or not “void foo()”? [duplicate]

by 
void foo(void);

That is the correct way to say “no parameters” in C, and it also works in C++.

But:

void foo();

Means different things in C and C++! In C it means “could take any number of parameters of unknown types”, and in C++ it means the same as foo(void).

Variable argument list functions are inherently un-typesafe and should be avoided where possible.

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