Can we call an undeclared function in C++?

Calling an undeclared function is poor style in C (See this) and illegal in C++. So is passing arguments to a function using a declaration that doesn’t list argument types:

If we save the below program in a .c file and compile it, it works without any error. But, if we save the same in a .cpp file, it doesn’t compile.

#include<stdio.h> 
  
void f(); /* Argument list is not mentioned */
  
int main() 
{ 
   f(2); /* Poor style in C, invalid in C++*/
   getchar(); 
   return 0; 
} 
  
void f(int x) 
{  
   printf("%d", x); 
} 

Source: http://www2.research.att.com/~bs/bs_faq.html#C-is-subset

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