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Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe"

From "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c++
Subject Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe"
Date 2024-10-27 21:18 -0700
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On 10/27/2024 6:22 PM, wij wrote:
> On Sun, 2024-10-27 at 20:40 -0400, jseigh wrote:
>> On 10/27/24 19:09, jseigh wrote:
>>> On 10/8/24 21:40, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>
>>> Traversing a linked list would look like
>>>
>>> T* p = head;
>>> while (not_null(p)) {
>>>     ...
>>>     p = p->next;    // valid, inside while true block
>>> }
>>>
>>
>> I should add, the p->next is also nullable so the
>> assignment to p makes it nullable again.  The
>> goal is to make the code look like normal code
>> while ensuring null pointer safety.
>>
> 
> C++ is an object oriented language.
> In C++, programming in C concept makes little sense.
> 

Well, sometimes for some exotic algorithms we can steal a bit and say 
this is a null (the bit is set) even though its not equal to nullptr. 
It's null but it still points to a node. This can be called a so-called 
dummy node, sometimes. The logic with dummy nodes can be beneficial.

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"Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2024-10-08 20:40 -0500
  Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-10-09 14:14 +0300
  Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2024-10-09 15:02 -0500
    Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-10-09 23:46 +0300
      Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" Muttley@DastartdlyHQ.org - 2024-10-10 08:34 +0000
        Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-10-10 12:51 +0300
          Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" Muttley@DastartdlyHQ.org - 2024-10-10 10:20 +0000
            Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-10-10 13:44 +0300
              Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" Muttley@DastartdlyHQ.org - 2024-10-10 10:50 +0000
                Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-10-10 14:10 +0300
                Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" Muttley@DastartdlyHQ.org - 2024-10-10 13:11 +0000
                Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-10-10 16:54 +0300
                Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2024-10-10 18:08 +0300
                Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> - 2024-10-10 23:37 +0800
                Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2024-10-10 19:03 +0300
                Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-10-10 19:11 +0300
                Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2024-10-10 20:01 +0200
          Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-10-10 07:56 -0700
            Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-10-10 18:56 +0300
    Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2024-10-20 10:13 -0700
  Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" jseigh <jseigh_es00@xemaps.com> - 2024-10-10 12:13 -0400
  Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2024-10-10 18:29 +0200
  Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2024-10-20 12:37 +0100
    Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-10-20 14:46 +0300
      Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" Muttley@DastartdlyHQ.org - 2024-10-20 14:23 +0000
  Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" jseigh <jseigh_es00@xemaps.com> - 2024-10-27 19:09 -0400
    Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" jseigh <jseigh_es00@xemaps.com> - 2024-10-27 20:40 -0400
      Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> - 2024-10-28 09:22 +0800
        Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2024-10-27 21:18 -0700
          Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" jseigh <jseigh_es00@xemaps.com> - 2024-10-28 12:25 -0400
            Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" jseigh <jseigh_es00@xemaps.com> - 2024-10-30 12:56 -0400
              Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2024-10-30 12:50 -0700
                Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" jseigh <jseigh_es00@xemaps.com> - 2024-10-30 16:31 -0400
                Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2024-11-04 12:47 -0800
              Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" jseigh <jseigh_es00@xemaps.com> - 2024-11-07 07:02 -0500
              Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2024-11-07 20:14 -0600
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                Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2024-11-08 14:48 +0000
                Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" Muttley@DastartdlyHQ.org - 2024-11-08 14:54 +0000
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                Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2024-11-09 12:01 +0000
                Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2024-11-09 12:39 -0800
                Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" Muttley@DastartdlyHQ.org - 2024-11-11 09:56 +0000
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                Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" Muttley@DastartdlyHQ.org - 2024-11-12 08:28 +0000
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                Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> - 2024-11-09 07:09 +0800
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                Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> - 2024-11-09 06:58 +0800
                Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2024-11-08 15:01 -0800
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                Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2024-11-08 15:40 -0800
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                Re: "Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe" "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2024-11-09 12:42 -0800
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