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ANH@KUHUB.CC.UKANS.EDU wrote:

> > :>But here is one simple rule,  always use (Type*)0 and not null for null 
> > :>pointer check.  Show my a thousand standards that say I don't need 
> > :>to do that, I would still use the construct.
> > :
> > :I'll byte, what exactly does (Type*)0 do that NULL doesn't do and why will
> > :it always work whereas NULL may or may not?
> > 

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> Actually, (TYPE*)0
>has been recommended to me by several professors of mine who worked as
>software engineer as places such as Bell Labs.

I think the reason for this is because (void *) NULL is the correct
way to terminate a null terminated variable argument list, just using
NULL will not work on some compilers. (So I've heard anyway, I have 
never used one of these compilers)

Niall