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From: "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: question about nullptr
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2024 22:06:48 -0700
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On 7/8/2024 9:01 PM, Keith Thompson wrote:
> 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.
> 

Who is surely? lol!

https://youtu.be/ixljWVyPby0

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