gcc and NULL function pointers.

[Chuck Karish]

In article <20969 at crdgw1.crd.ge.com> volpe at camelback.crd.ge.com
(Christopher R Volpe) writes:
>I believe the following is true:
>
>(1) The following code is strictly conforming:
>  struct foo *fooptr = NULL;
>
>(2) The following code requires a diagnostic:
>  struct foo *fooptr = (char *)0;

Is there a restriction that would prevent the implementation
from producing a diagnostic for (1)?  I wouldn't be surprised
to see either  "possible pointer type mismatch" or "illegal
combination of pointer and integer", depending on how NULL is
defined.
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