From: porkchop@invalid.foo   
      
   On Tue, 6 Jan 2026 12:09:58 -0500, James Kuyper wrote:   
      
   > Believe me, I understand. A large part of the messages I post in this   
   > forum are devoted to explaining to people the correct terminology, and   
   > trying to convince them to use it, in order to avoid confusion. Some   
   > people are very resistant to avoiding confusion - they seem to like it.   
      
   Oh yeah & I very much appreciate you, Kieth, everyone else too.   
   Its all good, I'll just roll with it & get there a step at a time.   
      
   > Summarizing what I wrote before, there's exactly three unrelated ways   
   > void is used:   
   >   
   > void foo(int); // Declares that foo does not return any value.   
   > int bar(void); // Declares that bar does not take any arguments   
   >   
   > void *foobar;   
   > // Declares that foobar points at an object of unspecified type.   
      
   Got it, nice succinct answer.   
      
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