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From: Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: question about nullptr
Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2024 14:13:26 +0200
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Am 06.07.2024 um 13:49 schrieb Thiago Adams:

> If you were creating C code today and could use a C23 compiler, would 
> you use nullptr instead of NULL?
> I am asking because I think I will keep using NULL.
> I like nullptr semantics but I don't like to introduce new element 
> (nullptr) inside the code with no guarantee that the code will not mix 
> both.
> In the past we also didn't have a guarantee we are not mixing 0 or NULL.
> I think the best scenario for a team guideline would be a style warning 
> if 0 or nullptr is used and NULL to be defined as nullptr in a C23 
> compiler.

I don't know what nullptr is good for in C23. In C++ it makes sense
to have a nullptr to distinguish overloads that take a pointer and
those that take an integral; but in C there ain't overloads.