David R Tribble wrote:
>
> David R Tribble wrote:
> The 'null' keyword would
> be valid as a pointer operand (convertible to any pointer type) in
> expressions like these:
>
> ...
>
>     printf("%p", null);    // Passed as void *
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

The main point of a null keyword, to me, is to avoid silently brasking type
correctness.  This should be a compilation error: "null" used in a context
where its type cannot be determined.  If you mean (void *)null, and not
(int *)null or ((void *)())null, say so.
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