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Re: [std-proposals] Standardising 0xdeadbeef for pointers

From: Thiago Macieira <thiago_at_[hidden]>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2025 10:27:17 -0700
On Thursday, 31 July 2025 10:29:29 Pacific Daylight Time zxuiji via Std-
Proposals wrote:
> nullptr MUST hold a value, not matter if that value is valid or not,
> therefore it will ALWAYS have pointer arithmetic available. It is utter
> insanity to say a pointer might not have pointer arithmetic.

What do you think would happen to a proposal to change the Standard that
intentionally dismisses a portion of what the Standard says?

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Received on 2025-07-31 17:27:21