On Sun, 2007-03-11 at 22:15 +0800, Cong WANG wrote: [...] > Another question is about NULL. AFAIK, in user space, using NULL is > better than directly using 0 in C. In kernel, I know it used its own > NULL, which may be defined as ((void*)0),
Userspace has the usually same definition. > but it's _still_ different > from raw zero. It is different that "0" as such has the type "int". But this int is automatically promoted to a "0 pointer". > So can I say using NULL is better than 0 in kernel? Yes, because it is immediately clear that a pointer is (or should be) there (and not an int). And the same holds for userspace since this is a pure C question. Bernd -- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ mobil: +43 664 4416156 fax: +43 1 7890849-55 Embedded Linux Development and Services - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/