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tapirl on May 13, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: F() vs. F(void) in C vs. C++

I found another difference between C and C++ recently. C++ compiles the code in the following post ok, but C doesn't.

https://old.reddit.com/r/C_Programming/comments/bn04w0/confu...

In short, for "typedef struct bar bar;", C views "bar" as an incomplete type, but C++ doesn't.

dearrifling on May 13, 2019 [–]

That doesn't sound right. I think the difference is that C++ doesn't treat that as an array declaration so it doesn't require a complete type.

tapirl on May 13, 2019 | [–]

What is the root cause for the difference?

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