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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary?
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wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> writes:
> On Mon, 2024-11-25 at 14:03 -0800, Keith Thompson wrote:
[...]
>> nullptr exists in C++ (I don't remember when it was introduced) and in C
>> starting with C23. 
>
> Thanks, I didn't know that
>
>>  It is, in my opinion, what should have been provided
>> in both languages instead of the NULL macro.
>> 
> My question would be: why not make NULL a 'reserved' word, instead of macro?

NULL and nullptr have subtly different semantics.  Making NULL a keyword
could break existing code.  (And an all-caps keyword would be ugly.)

[...]

> So far, I can still avoid using variadic functions. I use overload. Implement
> looks bad, but it works fine. Any way, inventing nullptr for such rare? case
> is IOM overkill.

nullptr was introduced in C++11.  Your misgivings are a bit late.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */