Visual Studio 2005 Beta2 CTP December 2004 still uses (void) as empty parameter list in Class View, Add Member Wizard and other IDE windows. I am asking you: Is there any official paper that shows that syntax (void) deprecated? It's possible to retire current (void) syntax in VS's IDE in case of showing Microsoft Visual Studio developers some official paper that shows it. I am posting it here because I believe there are some of us who also dislike it VS and knows/reads some C++ official papers. P.S. As for me, It is really annoying.