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From: clamage@Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Clamage)
Subject: Re: can 0 be used as sentinel value for pointe
Date: 1995/11/17
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In article lhe@etca.etca.fr, chris@etca.fr (Christian Millour) writes:
>
>Can 0 be used as sentinel/null value for pointer-to-member data 
>or functions, the way it is used for ordinary pointers ?

Yes.

A constant integral zero serves as a null pointer-to-member just as it
serves as a null data pointer or function pointer.

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Steve Clamage, stephen.clamage@eng.sun.com



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