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From: Keith Thompson <kst@cts.com>
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Subject: Re: Does a null pointer always raise Constraint_Error?
Date: 12 Dec 2000 12:27:46 -0800
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Wayne Magor <none@nowhere.com> writes:
[...]
> I remember with one Ada compiler I wanted to make null to be a
> pointer to a zero-length segment so the null check would be
> unnecessary (the hardware would do it for you).

Would a zero-length segment be a good way to represent a zero-size
object?  If so, a pointer to a zero-length segment might be valid.

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