Xref: utzoo comp.lang.c++:13430 comp.std.c++:919 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!haven.umd.edu!uflorida!screamer!tscs!tct!chip From: chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: Default type of "0" Message-ID: <282FEC60.3FE1@tct.com> Date: 14 May 91 13:55:44 GMT References: <1991May7.162035.9247@odin.diku.dk> <282980FB.6AB7@tct.com> Organization: Teltronics/TCT, Sarasota, FL Lines: 10 According to tmb@ai.mit.edu (Thomas M. Breuel): >A possible fix to this mess might be to introduce a new value "nil" >that behaves mostly like "0", but is not an integer. I like it. It's too late to save ANSI C, but C++ could finally provide the vehicle to end the NULL wars. -- Brand X Industries Custodial, Refurbishing and Containment Service: When You Never, Ever Want To See It Again [tm] Chip Salzenberg ,