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From: David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no>
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Subject: Re: question about nullptr
Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2024 12:07:35 +0200
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On 07/07/2024 10:00, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Jul 2024 18:57:08 +0200, David Brown wrote:
> 
>> ... and for C compilers to support a flag like gcc's "-Wzero-as-null
>> -pointer-constant" warning ...
> 
> The trouble with compiler flags is they can never be part of any language
> spec.
> 

That is both their advantage, and their disadvantage.

Let the C standards define what the language requires when the source 
code is correct, and have everyone agree on that.  Let compiler 
implementations go beyond that and give options that some might want, 
and others not want.  /I/ will probably use nullptr in C23 coding, and I 
like tools to enforce my style (because I make mistakes) but I would 
certainly not want to force others to change their style based on /my/ 
preferences.