void * ?

[Bob Calbridge]

All right. I've seen this a number of times in the lat few days so I'll
just have to ask.  In what instances does one use the cast (void *)?
This says to me that you have nothing pointing to something.  1/2 :-)

So edjicate me, s'il vous plait.
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