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From: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.std.c
Subject: Re: references to dereferenced null pointers
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Date: 23 Mar 90 19:28:49 GMT
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>Does the standard say that values equivalent to (void *)0 in pointer
>contexts cannot be used for the definition of NULL?

Even if it did, what would the point be in doing so?  If the value truly
is equivalent, why is it any better than 0 or "(void *)0"?