Re: question about nullptr

On 2024-07-07, Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> wrote:

I find myself completely out of step with many posters here about
"explicit code" should look like.  I think
>
  char *p = 0;
>
is explicit enough and, in fact, I consider it a plus point if someone
reading it goes "hey, what's going on here?" and ends up learning that 0
is null pointer constant in C.

And if that person is on the C or C++ langauge committee, that bit of
learning could just prevent a superfluous non-invention like nullptr.

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