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Re: Null pointer constant

From Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: Null pointer constant
Date 2017-06-18 20:58 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <slrn3vfsokdqhs.r2.ike@iceland.freeshell.org> (permalink)
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On 2017-06-18, bartc <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:
> [reposted from comp.std.c]
>
> Take this program:
>
> int main(void) {
>      int a, b;
>      int *p;
>
>      p = 0;                 // (1)
>      p = (a, b, 0);         // (2)
>      p = (a ? 0 : 0);       // (3)
> }
>
> AIUI, the 0's should all be null pointer constants in these contexts.
>
> But many compilers fail to accept all three numbered lines.
>
> All will do (1), but some report a type warning on (2) and/or (3).
>
> Are lines (2) and (3) valid C?
>
> (gcc reports a type error both those lines.)

A null pointer constant is a special case of an integer constant expression.

According to 6.6.6:
  An integer constant expression 117) shall have integer type and
  shall only have operands that are integer constants, enumeration
  constants, character constants, sizeof expressions whose results
  are integer constants, _Alignof expressions, and floating constants
  that are the immediate operands of casts. Cast operators in an
  integer constant expression shall only convert arithmetic types
  to integer types, except as part of an operand to the sizeof or
  _Alignof operator

so neither (a, b, 0) nor (a ? 0 : 0) are integer constant expressions,
and therefore not null pointer constants.

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Null pointer constant bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-06-18 17:15 +0100
  Re: Null pointer constant Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-06-18 11:20 -0700
  Re: Null pointer constant Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-06-18 19:23 +0100
    Re: Null pointer constant bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-06-18 20:57 +0100
      Re: Null pointer constant Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-06-18 13:38 -0700
        Re: Null pointer constant Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-06-19 04:35 -0700
          Re: Null pointer constant Nick Bowler <nbowler@draconx.ca> - 2017-06-19 18:08 +0000
            Re: Null pointer constant Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-06-19 21:05 -0700
          Re: Null pointer constant Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-06-19 12:12 -0700
            Re: Null pointer constant Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-06-19 21:08 -0700
      Re: Null pointer constant Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-06-19 00:34 +0100
        Re: Null pointer constant Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-06-19 04:45 -0700
          Re: Null pointer constant David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-06-19 13:55 +0200
        Re: Null pointer constant bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-06-19 13:16 +0100
          Re: Null pointer constant Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-06-19 16:58 +0100
  Re: Null pointer constant Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2017-06-18 20:58 +0000
    Re: Null pointer constant bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-06-19 00:11 +0100
      Re: Null pointer constant David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-06-19 03:21 +0200
        Re: Null pointer constant bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-06-19 10:11 +0100
          Re: Null pointer constant David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-06-19 12:38 +0200
            Re: Null pointer constant bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-06-19 13:05 +0100
              Re: Null pointer constant David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-06-19 14:39 +0200
                Re: Null pointer constant "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-06-19 11:06 -0400
                Re: Null pointer constant Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2017-06-19 15:51 +0000
                Re: Null pointer constant "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-06-19 12:22 -0400
                Re: Null pointer constant Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2017-06-19 17:29 +0000
                Re: Null pointer constant "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-06-19 13:45 -0400
                Re: Null pointer constant Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-06-19 12:31 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2017-06-19 15:10 +0000
                Re: Null pointer constant Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-06-19 16:53 +0100
                Re: Null pointer constant "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-06-19 13:06 -0400
                Re: Null pointer constant Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-06-19 20:03 +0100
                Re: Null pointer constant David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-06-19 22:37 +0200
                Re: Null pointer constant Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-06-19 22:10 +0100
                Re: Null pointer constant Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-06-19 14:25 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-06-19 22:46 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-06-20 08:43 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-06-20 09:17 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-06-21 00:56 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-06-21 10:07 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-06-21 23:52 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-06-22 10:12 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-06-22 17:33 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-06-23 08:54 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant Manfred <invalid@invalid.add> - 2017-06-20 00:00 +0200
                Re: Null pointer constant Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-06-19 15:27 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-06-19 16:38 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-06-20 01:14 +0100
                Re: Null pointer constant Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-06-20 12:03 +0100
                Re: Null pointer constant Manfred <noname@invalid.add> - 2017-06-20 13:16 +0200
                Re: Null pointer constant jameskuyper@verizon.net - 2017-06-20 05:34 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-06-20 08:49 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2017-06-20 16:35 +0000
                Re: Null pointer constant "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-06-20 13:07 -0400
                Re: Null pointer constant Nick Bowler <nbowler@draconx.ca> - 2017-06-20 17:29 +0000
                Re: Null pointer constant "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-06-20 13:55 -0400
                Re: Null pointer constant Nick Bowler <nbowler@draconx.ca> - 2017-06-20 18:06 +0000
                Re: Null pointer constant "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-06-20 14:42 -0400
                Re: Null pointer constant Nick Bowler <nbowler@draconx.ca> - 2017-06-20 19:10 +0000
                Re: Null pointer constant Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2017-06-20 18:31 +0000
                Re: Null pointer constant Nick Bowler <nbowler@draconx.ca> - 2017-06-20 18:36 +0000
                Re: Null pointer constant "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-06-20 14:45 -0400
                Re: Null pointer constant Nick Bowler <nbowler@draconx.ca> - 2017-06-20 17:14 +0000
                Re: Null pointer constant Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-06-20 11:55 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant Nick Bowler <nbowler@draconx.ca> - 2017-06-20 19:23 +0000
                Re: Null pointer constant "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-06-20 15:39 -0400
                Re: Null pointer constant scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2017-06-21 13:44 +0000
                Re: Null pointer constant scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2017-06-21 13:49 +0000
                Re: Null pointer constant Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-06-21 23:57 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant Philip Lantz <prl@canterey.us> - 2017-06-28 20:04 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-07-10 08:38 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-06-20 12:39 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-06-20 20:53 +0100
                Re: Null pointer constant Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-06-20 13:07 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant Nick Bowler <nbowler@draconx.ca> - 2017-06-20 20:50 +0000
                Re: Null pointer constant Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-06-20 15:35 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-06-21 00:26 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-06-21 09:54 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-06-21 13:09 -0400
                Re: Null pointer constant Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-06-22 00:53 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-06-21 18:09 +0100
                Re: Null pointer constant Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-06-22 00:50 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-06-19 10:24 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-06-19 22:32 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-06-19 19:40 +0100
                Re: Null pointer constant Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-06-19 12:08 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-06-19 20:32 +0100
                Re: Null pointer constant Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-06-19 12:48 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant jameskuyper@verizon.net - 2017-06-19 13:08 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant Nick Bowler <nbowler@draconx.ca> - 2017-06-19 20:40 +0000
                Re: Null pointer constant bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-06-19 22:01 +0100
                Re: Null pointer constant supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-06-19 14:15 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant jameskuyper@verizon.net - 2017-06-19 14:25 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2017-06-19 21:06 +0000
                Re: Null pointer constant Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-06-19 14:28 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2017-06-19 21:35 +0000
                Re: Null pointer constant supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-06-19 14:48 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2017-06-20 15:38 +0000
                Re: Null pointer constant Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-06-19 15:16 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-06-19 14:29 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-06-19 15:18 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-06-19 22:48 -0700
                Re: Null pointer constant bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-06-20 15:09 +0100
              Re: Null pointer constant Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-06-19 10:19 -0700
            Re: Null pointer constant Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-06-19 10:15 -0700
              Re: Null pointer constant David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-06-19 22:44 +0200
            Re: Null pointer constant Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-06-19 12:24 -0700
      Re: Null pointer constant Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2017-06-19 08:21 +0000
        Re: Null pointer constant bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-06-19 10:17 +0100
          Re: Null pointer constant Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-06-19 10:04 -0700
  Re: Null pointer constant Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-06-19 12:34 -0700

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