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Re: null pointer constant, address constant

From Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
Newsgroups comp.std.c
Subject Re: null pointer constant, address constant
Date 2012-12-18 17:02 -0800
Organization None to speak of
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Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> writes:
[...]
> 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.

Correction: I should have written "integer constant expression" rather
than "constant arithmetic expression".

[...]

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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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