Visual Basic lack of parenthesis for functions identification - vb.net

Question

Any way to have any sort of identification for the lack of parenthesis for functions with no parameters at VB?
I have found this answer, but since it is 9 year old, i hope a solution exists now.
I am using Visual studio 2017. I have strict mode on. I have checked format settings available for Visual Studio and found no relative option. I have checked project settings as well.
Edit:
I have noticed that when i type a new function name that it does add parenthesis, could this be triggered somehow?

Answer 1

You are not going to find what you need built into the compiler or project settings, because the optional parenthesis are build into the VB.Net language specification and the compiler will compile according to that specification. Now one thing you might want to consider is running your code through a VB.Net to C# Converter, then running that converted code through a C# to VB.Net converter. For example, consider this VB.Net code:
Sub Main
Foo
End Main
If you run this through Telerik's code converter, it produces this C# code:
public void Main()
{
Foo();
}
Now if you take that C# code and convert it back into VB.Net using Telerik's code Converter, it produces this Vb.Net code:
Public Sub Main()
Foo()
End Sub
Notice how it added the parenthesis to the Foo method. This technique might work for you, if your code isn't too complex.