A.6.7 Void
The (nonexistent) value of a void object may not be used in any way, and neither explicit nor implicit conversion to any non-void type may be applied. Because a void expression denotes a nonexistent value, such an expression may be used only where the value is not required, for example as an expression statement (Par.A.9.2) or as the left operand of a comma operator (Par.A.7.18).
An expression may be converted to type void by a cast. For example, a void cast documents the discarding of the value of a function call used as an expression statement.
- void did not appear in the first edition of this book, but has become common since.