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Re: NULL versus 0

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Branimir Maksimovic <branimir.maksimovic@gmail.com> writes:
> On 2021-09-26, Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> #define NULL (void*)0 
>>> simple, problem is that in C++, one have to cast from void
>>> and that does not works, and this is BuG in C++.
>>
>> That's not a valid definition of NULL in either C or C++.
>>
>> In C or C++, the definition has to be parenthesized to avoid parsing
>> errors in some contexts;
>>
>>     #define NULL ((void*0)
>>
>> I'm not sure what you mean by "this is BuG in C++".  A C++
>> implementation that defined NULL that way would be non-conforming.
>>
> Exactly, that is why it is Bug.
> Thanks for correction, BTW.

To be clear, you're saying that if any C++ implementation actually
defined NULL that way, it would be a bug in that implementation.
That's true, but I'm not aware of any implementation that actually
has that hypothetical bug.  It can require some trivial extra work
for an implementation that shares headers between C and C++, but
implementers are well aware of the issue.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
Working, but not speaking, for Philips
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */

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  Re: NULL versus 0 Branimir Maksimovic <branimir.maksimovic@gmail.com> - 2021-09-25 18:16 +0000
  Re: NULL versus 0 Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2021-09-25 21:20 +0300
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    Re: NULL versus 0 Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2021-09-27 05:47 +0000
      Re: NULL versus 0 Bo Persson <bo@bo-persson.se> - 2021-09-27 08:32 +0200
        Re: NULL versus 0 "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2021-09-26 23:37 -0700
        Re: NULL versus 0 "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach@gmail.com> - 2021-09-27 10:32 +0200
          Re: NULL versus 0 Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-09-27 11:32 -0700
      Re: NULL versus 0 James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2021-09-27 15:03 -0400
  Re: NULL versus 0 "see.my....@gmail.com" <see.my.homepage@gmail.com> - 2021-09-25 13:05 -0700
    Re: NULL versus 0 Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2021-09-26 06:58 +0000
      Re: NULL versus 0 Branimir Maksimovic <branimir.maksimovic@gmail.com> - 2021-09-26 07:47 +0000
        Re: NULL versus 0 Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-09-26 02:15 -0700
          Re: NULL versus 0 Branimir Maksimovic <branimir.maksimovic@gmail.com> - 2021-09-26 09:38 +0000
            Re: NULL versus 0 Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-09-26 15:03 -0700
              Re: NULL versus 0 Branimir Maksimovic <branimir.maksimovic@gmail.com> - 2021-09-29 02:29 +0000
                Re: NULL versus 0 Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-09-28 20:34 -0700
                Re: NULL versus 0 David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-09-29 08:52 +0200
        Re: NULL versus 0 Bo Persson <bo@bo-persson.se> - 2021-09-26 13:54 +0200
          Re: NULL versus 0 Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-09-26 15:17 -0700
          Re: NULL versus 0 Branimir Maksimovic <branimir.maksimovic@gmail.com> - 2021-09-29 02:26 +0000
      Re: NULL versus 0 Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-09-26 02:17 -0700
      Re: NULL versus 0 HorseyWorsey@the_stables.com - 2021-09-26 14:20 +0000
  Re: NULL versus 0 James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2021-09-25 17:36 -0400
  Re: NULL versus 0 "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2021-09-26 23:05 -0700

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