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From: Richard Damon <richard@damon-family.org>
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Subject: Re: question about nullptr
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2024 07:18:18 -0400
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On 7/8/24 3:19 AM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
> On 2024-07-07, Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> wrote:
>> I find myself completely out of step with many posters here about
>> "explicit code" should look like.  I think
>>
>>    char *p = 0;
>>
>> is explicit enough and, in fact, I consider it a plus point if someone
>> reading it goes "hey, what's going on here?" and ends up learning that 0
>> is null pointer constant in C.
> 
> And if that person is on the C or C++ langauge committee, that bit of
> learning could just prevent a superfluous non-invention like nullptr.
> 

Remember, it was invented on the C++ side, where it has some very useful 
uses due to overloading.

And then brought over to C to minimize the differences.

Nothing made it manditory, so if you want to make your reader learn more 
about C, go ahead and use things that are somewhat obscure.