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From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: printf("%s",0) - Segmentation fault
Date: Sat, 01 Jun 1996 14:43:21 -0700
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Victor R. Essers wrote:

> 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.

Elegance is in the eye of the beholder.  (I personal prefer the method you
outline, as well; I never use the NULL macro in my programs.)

However, both mechanisms are supported under ANSI C.

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