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From: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: setenv() cores with NULL value [was Re: Gdm proplem on 4.4]
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On Tue, 16 Oct 2001, Zero Sum wrote:

> On Tuesday 16 October 2001 18:38, Crist J. Clark wrote:
>
> > >
> > > setenv("TEST1", "", 1);
> > > setenv("TEST2", NULL, 1);
> >
> > A huge difference. In the first case, the second argument is a
> > pointer aimed at a string which contains the bytes, '\0'. In the
> > second case, we have a null pointer. Null pointers point at nothing.
>
> I had that out with a compiler manufacturer long, long ago.  At that
> time it was a requirement for a 'correct' C compiler to regard a null
> pointer and a pointer to a null string as sematically equivalent.
>
> Has this changed without me noticing?

Was this _ever_ true? Can you supply a pointer please? Considering C's
"close to the metal" attitude, I can't see how this could have ever got
into the language.

jan

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