Hvorfor denne søkefunksjonen returnerer en peker til en peker?

#ifndef _BST_H_

/* Returns negative (left<right), zero (left==right), or positive (left>right). */
typedef int comparator(void* left, void* right);

struct bst_node {
    void* data;
    struct bst_node* left;
    struct bst_node* right;
};

struct bst_node* new_node(void* data);
void free_node(struct bst_node* node);
struct bst_node** search(struct bst_node** root, comparator compare, void* data);
void insert(struct bst_node** root, comparator compare, void* data);
void delete(struct bst_node** node);

#endif

Dette er en header fil. Jeg forstår ikke om searchfunksjon, hvorfor er returtypen node**?

Redigert: Lagt søk funk her:

struct bst_node** search(struct bst_node** root, comparator compare, void* data) {
    struct bst_node** node = root;
    while (*node != NULL) {
        int compare_result = compare(data, (*node)->data);
        if (compare_result < 0)
            node = &(*node)->left;
        else if (compare_result > 0)
            node = &(*node)->right;
        else
            break;
    }
    return node;
}