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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: question about nullptr Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2024 15:23:47 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 29 Message-ID: <v6hotk$11nib$2@dont-email.me> References: <v6bavg$3pu5i$1@dont-email.me> <20240706054641.175@kylheku.com> <v6bfi1$3qn4u$1@dont-email.me> <l9ciO.7$cr5e.2@fx05.iad> <877cdyuq0f.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <2ckiO.19403$7Ej.4487@fx46.iad> <87plrpt4du.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <9bCiO.7108$sXW9.3805@fx41.iad> <877cdwu9s1.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <20240708222804.00001654@yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2024 00:23:49 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="ce358e0d0d9664a700ff455d87f9b3cd"; logging-data="1105483"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19SEzF+KJeH7ENP0qTLsgRVx2UxE1cOjeg=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:eYH2QtdC18ju69wz39QDP0Mt4ek= In-Reply-To: <20240708222804.00001654@yahoo.com> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 1950 On 7/8/2024 12:28 PM, Michael S wrote: > On Sun, 07 Jul 2024 15:17:34 -0700 > Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> I just about always use NULL, not 0, when I want a null pointer >> constant. Similarly, I use '\0', not 0, when I want a null character, >> 0.0 when I want a floating-point zero, and false when I want a Boolean >> zero. I just like being explicit. >> > > Pointer: I very rarely use NULL. > Character: I never use '\0'. Not even something like: #define CLINE 128 char x[CLINE] = { '\0' }; ? ;^) > Floating point: I never use 0.0. > Boolean: I use false much more often than 0. >