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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
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Subject: Re: question about nullptr
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 07:51:58 -0700
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Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes:

> Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> writes:
> [...]
>
>> This posting has inspired me to try using (long)0.0
>> whenever a null pointer constant is needed.  As for
>> example
>>
>>     (void*){ (long)0.0 }
>>
>> as an argument to a variadic function where a pointer
>> is expected.
>
> But surely ((void*)('/'/'/'-'/'/'/')) is more elegant.

Surely not.  Furthermore the form I showed has a point,
whereas this example is roughly the equivalent of a
first grade knock-knock joke.