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Grrr...

In <lots of articles>, <lots of people> state that under C, the
compiler must (In W. Losh's words) "do the right thing" when either 0
or NULL is used.  This is FALSE.

extern void func_foo();

void main() {
	/* this */
	func_foo("banana",0);
	/* is NOT guaranteed to work as this */
	func_foo("grape",(char *)0);
	/* is */
}

Since most GNU software does not use prototypes, this is a valid
objection, and one reason why I feel the GNU Coding Standards are an
abomination.

-GAWollman


Garrett A. Wollman - wollman@emily.uvm.edu

Disclaimer:  I'm not even sure this represents *my* opinion, never
mind UVM's, EMBA's, EMBA-CF's, or indeed anyone else's.