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Subject: Re: 0 vs NULL - a note
From: Robert Collins <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
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On Wed, 2001-11-28 at 18:16, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> And another note:
> 
> 	if (ptr)
> 
> and
> 
> 	if (!ptr)
> 
> avoid all confusion about 0 vs. NULL.
> 

Not quite, it only solves for comparisons, not for
assignment/initialisation. 

Rob