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From: kevlin@wslint.demon.co.uk (Kevlin Henney)
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Subject: Re: Bytes and Characters
References: <JASON.94Oct17172312@phydeaux.cygnus.com> <KANZE.94Oct26220005@slsvhdt.us-es.sel.de> <39a79t$87h@tethys.otol.fi>
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In article <39a79t$87h@tethys.otol.fi>
           tohoyn@janus.otol.fi "Tommi H|yn{l{nmaa" writes:

>James Kanze US/ESC 60/3/164 #71425 (kanze@us-es.sel.de) wrote:
>: In article <1994Oct25.144408.21066@datascope.com> sfc@datascope.com
>: (Steve F. Cipolli (P/M)) writes:
>
>: |> Also, while were on this topic, has anyone continued the fight to make
> "nil" a
>: |> legitimate keyword; thus removing ambiguity like this:
>[text deleted]
>
>: I made a proposal along these lines.  It was not accepted.
>
>What about
>#define nil ((void*)0)

Because

	char *ptr = nil;

won't work. Nuff said.

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