Topic: can 0 be used as sentinel value for pointers to members ?


Author: kanze@gabi-soft.fr (J. Kanze)
Date: 1995/11/18
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Christian Millour (chris@etca.fr) wrote:
|> Hi all.

|> Can 0 be used as sentinel/null value for pointer-to-member data
|> or functions, the way it is used for ordinary pointers ?

Yes.  It is guaranteed that no valid pointer to member will ever compare
equal to 0.
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