To my understanding, declaring empty parameter lists using "(void)"
is an artifact from the bad old K&R times, when functions were
declared without(!) parameters. Which in hindsight was an absolute
recipe for disaster. So for backwards compatibility, functions
without parameters had to be declared using "(void)" as "()"
could also mean "any function".
That was 40 years ago. Meanwhile, C++ introduced references,
which made it a necessity to declare the function parameters.
So "(void)" is redundant and inconsistent in C++ code and
just makes no sense.
Remove it.
Signed-off-by: Berthold Stoeger <bstoeger@mail.tuwien.ac.at>
C-style memory management is a pain and nearly nobody seems to get
it right. Add a C++-version of membuffer that frees the buffer
when it gets out-of-scope. Originally, I was thinking about
conditionally adding a constructor/destructor pair when compiling
with C++. But then decided to create a derived class membufferpp,
because it would be extremely confusing to have behavioral change
when changing a source from from C to C++ or vice-versa.
Also add a comment about the dangers of returned pointer: They
become dangling on changes to the membuffer.
Signed-off-by: Berthold Stoeger <bstoeger@mail.tuwien.ac.at>
