Re: In Python language, what is (void) referring to?

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On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Don Sylvia <donsylvia95@gmail.com> wrote:
> void...........?
> --
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

That looks like a C-style cast, though casting to void is unusual. If
you're looking at the source code to CPython, you might find something
like that. In C it usually means "I don't care about the return value
of this function".

ChrisA

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In Python language, what is (void) referring to? Don Sylvia <donsylvia95@gmail.com> - 2013-09-21 02:10 -0700
  Re: In Python language, what is (void) referring to? Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> - 2013-09-21 11:21 +0200
  Re: In Python language, what is (void) referring to? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-09-21 19:34 +1000
  Re: In Python language, what is (void) referring to? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-09-21 09:59 +0000

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