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Re: null pointer constant, address constant

From James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net>
Newsgroups comp.std.c
Subject Re: null pointer constant, address constant
Date 2012-12-20 10:33 -0500
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On 12/20/2012 08:34 AM, christian.bau wrote:
> On Dec 18, 11:52�pm, Keith Thompson <ks...@mib.org> wrote:
> 
>> The standard says that a constant arithmetic expression with the value
>> 0, converted to a pointer type, yields a null pointer. �It does *not*
>> say the same thing about a non-constant arithmetic expression with the
>> value 0.
> 
> It doesn't have to. The standard doesn't have to state something
> explicitly if it follows from other rules that are stated.
> 
> Converting _any_ integer to _any_ pointer gives an implementation-
> defined result.

Not so. "An integer may be converted to any pointer type. Except as
previously specified, the result is implementation-defined, ..."
6.3.2.3p5. Since null pointer constants are described in 6.3.2.3p4, they
are covered by "Except as previously specified". Conversion of
non-constant arithmetic expressions with a value of 0 is NOT covered by
that exception. This means that the implementation-defined result of
such a conversion need not match the standard-defined result for null
pointer constants.
-- 
James Kuyper

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null pointer constant, address constant Szabolcs Nagy <nsz@port70.net> - 2012-12-18 13:25 +0000
  Re: null pointer constant, address constant James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-12-18 09:53 -0500
    Re: null pointer constant, address constant Szabolcs Nagy <nsz@port70.net> - 2012-12-18 20:06 +0000
      Re: null pointer constant, address constant James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-12-18 15:39 -0500
        Re: null pointer constant, address constant Szabolcs Nagy <nsz@port70.net> - 2012-12-19 00:44 +0000
          Re: null pointer constant, address constant James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-12-18 20:24 -0500
            Re: null pointer constant, address constant Szabolcs Nagy <nsz@port70.net> - 2012-12-19 10:27 +0000
              Re: null pointer constant, address constant James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-12-19 07:15 -0500
              Re: null pointer constant, address constant Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-12-21 03:03 +0200
                Re: null pointer constant, address constant James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-12-21 12:13 -0500
                Re: null pointer constant, address constant Szabolcs Nagy <nsz@port70.net> - 2013-01-09 00:44 +0000
                Re: null pointer constant, address constant James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2013-01-08 20:21 -0500
                Re: null pointer constant, address constant Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-01-08 20:46 -0500
          Re: null pointer constant, address constant Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2012-12-18 20:37 -0500
      Re: null pointer constant, address constant Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2012-12-18 16:15 -0500
        Re: null pointer constant, address constant Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-12-18 15:52 -0800
          Re: null pointer constant, address constant Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2012-12-18 19:12 -0500
            Re: null pointer constant, address constant Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2012-12-18 19:51 -0500
          Re: null pointer constant, address constant Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-12-18 17:02 -0800
          Re: null pointer constant, address constant "christian.bau" <christian.bau@cbau.wanadoo.co.uk> - 2012-12-20 05:34 -0800
            Re: null pointer constant, address constant James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-12-20 10:33 -0500
              Re: null pointer constant, address constant James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-12-20 12:28 -0500
                Re: null pointer constant, address constant Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-12-20 21:13 -0800
              Re: null pointer constant, address constant Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-12-20 21:05 -0800
            Re: null pointer constant, address constant Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2012-12-20 12:17 -0500
            Re: null pointer constant, address constant Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-12-20 12:10 -0800
              Re: null pointer constant, address constant Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-12-20 21:25 -0800
  Re: null pointer constant, address constant Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2012-12-18 14:02 -0500
    Re: null pointer constant, address constant Szabolcs Nagy <nsz@port70.net> - 2012-12-18 20:09 +0000
      Re: null pointer constant, address constant James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-12-18 15:54 -0500
        Re: null pointer constant, address constant Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2012-12-18 16:18 -0500

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