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| Started by | Don Sylvia <donsylvia95@gmail.com> |
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| First post | 2013-09-21 02:10 -0700 |
| Last post | 2013-09-21 09:59 +0000 |
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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
| From | Don Sylvia <donsylvia95@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2013-09-21 02:10 -0700 |
| Subject | In Python language, what is (void) referring to? |
| Message-ID | <2e7e060c-c029-4e20-a0f4-6c7b312a8282@googlegroups.com> |
void...........?
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| From | Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2013-09-21 11:21 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <mailman.219.1379755284.18130.python-list@python.org> |
| In reply to | #54538 |
On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Don Sylvia <donsylvia95@gmail.com> wrote: > void...........? > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list void does not exist in Python, unless you named a variable “void”. In that case, it means whatever you set it to. -- Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <http://kwpolska.tk> PGP: 5EAAEA16 stop html mail | always bottom-post | only UTF-8 makes sense
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| From | Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2013-09-21 19:34 +1000 |
| Message-ID | <mailman.220.1379756077.18130.python-list@python.org> |
| In reply to | #54538 |
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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| From | Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> |
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| Date | 2013-09-21 09:59 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <523d6def$0$29988$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> |
| In reply to | #54538 |
On Sat, 21 Sep 2013 02:10:49 -0700, Don Sylvia wrote: > void...........? In Python, void doesn't mean anything. [steve@ando ~]$ python Python 2.7.2 (default, May 18 2012, 18:25:10) [GCC 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-52)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> void Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> NameError: name 'void' is not defined What gave you the idea that void was part of Python? -- Steven
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