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Re: enum { BFD_ENDIAN_BIG, ...}
On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 10:59:41AM +1030, Alan Modra wrote:
> While we're on this subject, note that initialising pointers (and FP) to
> all-bits-zero via memset is not strictly portable. Not all architectures
> represent a NULL pointer as all-bits-zero. The C-FAQ mentions a number
> of such machines. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html
Whatever. None of them are live.
Nor, IMO, will there ever be another machine created with a non-zero
NULL. The assumption is now so universally ingrained it would cause
more trouble than it would be worth.
r~