Abandon NULL for (0)

[Steve Mawer]

In article <1005 at kim.misemi> kim at kim.misemi (Kim Letkeman) writes:
> [stuff about using "(0)" instead of "NULL" making programs harder to
> read and maintain]
>                                               I also did not like the
>original author's tendency to write the NULL first in a comparison
>(e.g. if (NULL == some_ptr)) because this obscures the fact that the
>pointer is the object of interest. The value for which you are
>comparing is secondary (although important.)

I also find this comparison ordering unpleasant, but (silver lining!) 
it is a convenient way of finding those irritating moments when you've
mistyped "==" as "=".

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