Top "Null-pointer" questions

When does invoking a member function on a null instance result in undefined behavior?

Consider the following code: #include <iostream> struct foo { // (a): void bar() { std::cout << "gman was here" &…

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What is the overhead of Rust's Option type?

In Rust, references can never be null, so in case where you actually need null, such as a linked list, …

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Can using 0L to initialize a pointer in C++ cause problems?

In this question an initializer is used to set a pointer to null. Instead of using value of 0 value of 0…

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Which of these will create a null pointer?

The standard says that dereferencing the null pointer leads to undefined behaviour. But what is "the null pointer"? In the …

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Creating a file using fopen()

I am just creating a basic file handling program. the code is this: #include <stdio.h> int main() { …

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Is (int *)0 a null pointer?

This could be thought of as an extension to this question (I'm interested in C only, but adding C++ to …

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NULL passed directly to a function expecting a const reference parameter (VC++ 4.2)

I am looking at something that I discovered in an old code base, and I am pretty confused. Here is …

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Deleting a null pointer

Possible Duplicate: Is there any reason to check for a NULL pointer before deleting? I often see the following in …

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