[Development] RFF: nullptr rules

Mathias Hasselmann mathias at taschenorakel.de
Thu Dec 10 10:52:15 CET 2015



Am 09.12.2015 um 17:45 schrieb Mathias Hasselmann:
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> Am 09.12.2015 um 16:14 schrieb Marc Mutz:
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>> Arguments in favour:
>> - it's the C++ way of writing the null pointer constant these days
>> - we need to use it in headers, anyway, to allow people to use
>> -Wzero-as...,
>>    and it makes no sense to have two sets of rules for headers and impl
>> - it can disambiguate code and prevent accidents
>> - in some situations, it makes code easier to understand (:
>> m_foo(nullptr)).
>>
>> Arguments against:
>> - it's uglier than "0", and more to type
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> Have we discussed "{}" instead of "nullptr", or "0" already?

This actually was a serious question: What are the opinions on using 
"{}" instead of "0" or "nullptr" to initialize a pointer?

Ciao,
Mathias



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