Is there a difference in (void) and ()?

[voyance]

The tittle is a little vague, let me elaborate.

Is there a difference between these two functions?

int ShowValues()
int ShowValues(void)

What is the void inside the () for?
If not, why do people do this?

[firedraco]

They are the same.

People will do it to attempt to emphasize that there are no arguments.

Personally, I think it is somewhat dumb (extra typing for no reason).

[Athar]

There's no difference.

If not, why do people do this?

It's an old relict from the C days, where void indicated that the function takes no parameters (while an empty parameter list used to indicate an arbitrary number of parameters).

[voyance]

Hmmm...interesting. I never learned any programming languages other than C++. That's probably the reason why I didn't understand the (void). I think it's pointless and kinda dumb but hey, I'm not being fair to those who are used to using the "old ways".

Thanks for the quick reply.