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From: Lieven Marchand <mal@bewoner.dma.be>
Subject: Re: null pointer representation (was: Boolean Representation)
Date: 1998/09/28
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Date: 1998-09-28T00:00:00+00:00
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dewarr@my-dejanews.com writes:

> Art, I think this memory is wrong. At least in compilers I have seen, it is
> indeed common to use DEAD BEEF for uninitialized variables, but I have not
> seen it used for null pointers. If someone knows a counter example, I would
> be interested.

Question 5.17 in the comp.lang.c FAQ.

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Lieven Marchand <mal@bewoner.dma.be> 
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