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From: Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.invalid>
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Subject: Re: question about nullptr
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On 06/07/2024 13:54, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
> On 2024-07-06, Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> wrote:
>> If you were creating C code today and could use a C23 compiler, would
>> you use nullptr instead of NULL?
> 
> In greenfield projects under my dictatorship, I use 0, as in:
> 
>     char *p = 0;
> 
> I was still 20 something when I (easily) wrapped my head around the 0
> null pointer constant, and have not had any problems with it.
> Once I learned the standard-defined truth about null pointer constants,
> and their relationship to the NULL macro, I dropped NULL like a hot
> potato, and didn't look back (except when working in code bases that use
> NULL).
> 

I don't understand why you wouldn't use NULL.

If it's a pointer: NULL
If it's an integer: 0
If it's a double: 0.0
If it's a char: '\0'

Don't you use '\n'? Surely nobody would say 0x0a?