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Re: Use func(void) for functions with no parameters

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Matthias van de Meent <boekewurm+postgres@gmail.com>
Cc: Bertrand Drouvot <bertranddrouvot.pg@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2025-12-03T15:15:41Z
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Matthias van de Meent <boekewurm+postgres@gmail.com> writes:
> I noticed the only changes here are for `static` definitions. Are we
> just more careful with normal functions, or does the compiler complain
> more easily about such "incomplete" definitions when they're in
> headers or need to be linked against?

Some years ago we had a buildfarm animal that would complain about
this construct, so the tree used to be clean.  Probably it's just
chance that these have only snuck into local functions.

			regards, tom lane

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  1. Enable -Wstrict-prototypes and -Wold-style-definition by default

  2. Use "foo(void)" for definitions of functions with no parameters.