Re: can 0 be used as sentinel value for pointers to members ?

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From: J. Kanze
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 1995 03:14

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Christian Millour (chris@etca.fr) wrote:
|> Hi all. 

|> Can 0 be used as sentinel/null value for pointer-to-member data 
|> or functions, the way it is used for ordinary pointers ?

Yes.  It is guaranteed that no valid pointer to member will ever compare
equal to 0.
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