G'day Roger,

Sun 2003-09-07 22:36, Roger Scudder (2:292/516.666) wrote to All:


 >>> KK>     By default, 0 is equal to untrue.  If you test a value, such
 RS> as
 >>>  KK>  a pointer, the conditional will be true for any nonzero value.

 >>> Okay.

 >>>  KK>     if(myPointer) free(myPointer);

 >>> The same as if(myPointer != NULL) i bet?

 RS> Yes, but it is so unintuitive that just about anyone who has ever
 RS> learned C has initially found it confusing.

I've seen written C++ for some years.. And now i'm writing C, just for that
reason I think C programs works better on Linux, and there is no reason for
writing C++ then I'm not using Classes and so on. 

 RS> If you look at the code in snippets you won't see "if(pointer)".
 RS> What you will see is "if (NULL != pointer)".  Unless your goal is
 RS> to purposely exploit certain loosely defined aspects of the 
 RS> language, doing so is, IMHO, just bad style.

Okay.

 RS> Obviously not everyone here agrees with me, and that is fine. It is
 RS> up to the individual to decide which path to take.

I didn't saw that :) 

 RS> -Roger
 RS> Pennsylvania, USA

 RS> p.s. I remember Auke once said that we should all put our
 RS> geographical locations below our sigs.  I always thought that was a
 RS> really nice idea. 

Regards,
           Bo Simonsen 
           Roennede, Denmark, Europe.

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