title: What is a void pointer in C++?
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    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4334831/what-is-a-void-pointer-and-what-is-a-null-pointer">What is a void pointer and what is a null pointer?</a>  </p>
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  <p>I often see code which resembles something like the following:</p>
  
  <p><code>void * foo(int bar);</code></p>
  
  <p>What does this mean? Does it mean that it can return <em>anything</em>? Is this similar to <code>dynamic</code> or <code>object</code> in C#?</p>