C# void type- safety

Question

I am just new for C# programming (coming from C++)

My question is: In C# every type inherits from Object Why \'void\' doesn`t?Can it cause some RT/type safety problems

Answer 1

In C#, void is a keyword that is used in two contexts:

• In the context of method signatures, void indicates the absence of a return type; it doesn't refer to a type "void" which could inherit from object.

  (In reflection, a return type has always to be specified. For this reason, there is a System.Void type in the framework, but void and System.Void cannot be used interchangeably.)

• In unsafe context, void* is a pointer type to an unknown type. As mentioned in the blog post linked by @Colin Mackay, pointer types do not inherit from object, although they can be converted to one.