use of NULL

[Chris Torek]

>In article <16020 at mimsy.UUCP> I wrote:
>>...  Using 0 wherever NULL is strictly legal will always work.  Never
>>mind the fact that, by trickery, Microsoft C defines NULL in a way that
>>works for INCORRECT calls in large model (but *not* for medium nor
>>compact models), as a concession to bad programmers' wrong programs.

In article <975 at optilink.UUCP> cramer at optilink.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) writes:
>This is not correct.  Microsoft C defines NULL in a way that works
>for CORRECT calls in large model, and in medium and compact models.

Let me put it in as few words as possible:

If you do it my way, it always works.

If you do it your way, it sometimes works.

Now, which do you prefer?
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