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NULL vs nullptr

Vincent_M · 2014-12-09T02:29:59

I've been trying to embrace C++-11's features this past year, and one thing I keep wondering about is when to use nullptr. I'm currently using it for all of my pointers everywhere. The problem is, if I'm using a pointer to a class/struct that's defined in a library, use functions/methods also defined in that library to create and destroy it, and it assigns NULL instead of nullptr, then should I be using NULL to initialize my pointers, and making the appropriate NULL-checks in general use instead of nullptr? I use a lot of libraries written in C, and built with a C compiler. These libraries won't even be able to use nullptr within the scope of their code-base let alone be built to use nullptr instead of NULL.

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Started by Vincent_M December 01, 2014 07:10 AM

28 comments, last by Zipster 9 years, 4 months ago

Ravyne

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December 09, 2014 02:27 AM

I have some further counterpoints, but I think we've gone past derailing the original thread, even if nullptr is still tangentally related. When I have the time I'll start a new thread, copy over context, respond there, and link from this reply. I'd take it to PM, but I think there's public value in the discussion.

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