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Re: guidelines for pointer check

From Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: guidelines for pointer check
Date 2016-12-30 09:58 +1300
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On 12/30/16 09:53 AM, Thiago Adams wrote:
>
> Do you have some style guideline for pointer checking?
>
> This is a kind of poll:
>
>
>     //Style 1
>     if (pVariable) { /*...*/ }
>
>     //Style 2
>     if (pVariable != NULL)  { /*...*/ }
>
>     //Style 3
>     if (pVariable != 0) { /*...*/ }
>
> Do you dislike one of them?

The second somewhat and the third a lot!  gcc agrees with me on the third.

> Do you use only one of them?

Yes, the first.

> Do you use more than one?

No.

> Other?

If C had C++'s nullptr....

-- 
Ian

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guidelines for pointer check Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2016-12-29 12:53 -0800
  Re: guidelines for pointer check Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2016-12-30 09:58 +1300
  Re: guidelines for pointer check Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-12-29 13:39 -0800
    Re: guidelines for pointer check Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2016-12-29 15:24 -0800
      Re: guidelines for pointer check Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2016-12-29 19:05 -0500
        Re: guidelines for pointer check Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2016-12-30 05:27 -0800
          Re: guidelines for pointer check Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-30 14:35 +0000
          Re: guidelines for pointer check supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-12-30 10:38 -0800
        Re: guidelines for pointer check Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-01-02 02:28 -0800
      Re: guidelines for pointer check Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-12-29 16:19 -0800
  Re: guidelines for pointer check Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-12-29 13:58 -0800
  guidelines for pointer check asetofsymbols@gmail.com - 2016-12-30 05:35 -0800
  Re: guidelines for pointer check raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2017-01-01 10:47 +0000
  Re: guidelines for pointer check Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2017-01-02 14:19 +0100
    Re: guidelines for pointer check David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-01-02 14:28 +0100
      Re: guidelines for pointer check Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2017-01-02 17:35 +0100
        Re: Using == operator Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2017-01-02 19:03 +0100
          Re: Using == operator David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-01-02 23:41 +0100
            Re: Using == operator Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2017-01-02 14:54 -0800
              Re: Using == operator Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-02 15:57 -0800
                Re: Using == operator Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2017-01-03 16:31 -0500
                Re: Using == operator Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-03 14:06 -0800
                Re: Using == operator Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2017-01-03 14:44 -0800
                Re: Using == operator Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-03 15:05 -0800
                Re: Using == operator Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2017-01-04 16:42 +0000
                Re: Using == operator Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-01-15 11:46 -0800
                Re: Using == operator Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2017-01-03 21:22 -0700
                Re: Using == operator supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-01-03 15:23 -0800
                Re: Using == operator Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-03 15:30 -0800
                Re: Using == operator supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-01-03 16:02 -0800
                Re: Using == operator Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-03 16:30 -0800
                Re: Using == operator Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-01-15 11:26 -0800
                Re: Using == operator raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2017-01-04 09:55 +0000
                Re: Using == operator Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2017-01-04 16:49 +0000
                Re: Using == operator raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2017-01-10 01:28 +0000
                Re: Using == operator Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2017-01-09 19:12 -0700
                Re: Using == operator Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-01-15 09:12 -0800
                Re: Using == operator Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-01-15 09:54 -0800
              Re: Using == operator raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2017-01-03 21:08 +0000
                Re: Using == operator Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-01-15 06:44 -0800
  Re: guidelines for pointer check Anand Hariharan <mailto.anand.hariharan@gmail.com> - 2017-01-04 08:54 -0800
    Re: guidelines for pointer check Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-01-14 00:51 -0800

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