How to write a MathLink function in C that returns nothing

Question

What is the proper way to write a C MathLink function that returns nothing at all?

The following works, but I'm not sure if all this work is actually necessary:

The template file:

:Begin:
:Function:      fun
:Pattern:       fun[]
:Arguments:     {}
:ArgumentTypes: {}
:ReturnType:    Manual
:End:

The C code:

void fun() {
    MLPutSymbol(stdlink, "Null");
}

In short, here I set the return type to Manual and explicitly returned Null. Is this all necessary or is there a shorter way?

Answer 1

That's exactly what you do. You need to send something back to Mathematica, and the symbol Null is the sensible choice.