Re: [PATCH] Use NULL instead of integer 0 in security/selinux/

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Sun, 11 Jul 2004, Olaf Titz wrote:
> in C. (Worse in C++ where usage of NULL is discouraged, I've always
> wondered about the reasons.)

[ wondered about this as well, but the answer has been posted before in this
  thread ]

Because C++ doesn't do implicit conversions from void * to anything *.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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