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+Added an explicit ``void`` for arguments in C-function signatures
+which addresses the following compiler warning:
+
+.. code-block:: console
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+   warning: a function declaration without a prototype is deprecated in all versions of C [-Wstrict-prototypes]
+
+-- by :user:`hoodmane`