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From:	Tom Wheeley <tomw AT tsys DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	RE: printf("%s",0) - Segmentation fault
Date:	Sat, 01 Jun 96 23:22:21 GMT
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In article <01BB4FB0 DOT 9776BC00 AT vessers DOT mpce DOT mq DOT edu DOT au>
           vessers AT mpce DOT mq DOT edu DOT au "Victor R. Essers" writes:

> Oh, come on! Why not:
> 
> (pp ? "" : pp)
> 
> I've never seen any C implementation that treats NULL as something other
> than 0, so the above code is much more elegant.

NULL is defined to be 0 in the context of pointers.

(of course internally a NULL pointer almost never is 0, but this is getting
too close to c.l.c)

Personally, always choose your method as it reads well in my mind.  (For
numbers and pseudobooleans too).

..splitbung
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