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Re: Fix compilation error in i2c.cxx

Bart Veer wrote:
>
> That is true in C but not necessarily in C++. I don't remember all the
> details offhand, but NULL involves casting to void* which is not
> always acceptable. I wanted to use a prioritized static constructor in
> the I2C code, so it was easier to write the lot in C++.

Nothing like a trivial thing to make everyone stick their oar in...

I think you want a plain un-cast 0 in C++.  Since an integer 0 can be
implicitly cast to any pointer type.

Also, in GCC NULL is #define'd as __null which is something funky.  The
details of which I can't recall.

David Vrabel
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