[webkit-dev] Guideline for nullptr

[Ryosuke Niwa]

Sounds like a great idea to me.

- R. Niwa


On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 12:04 PM, Anders Carlsson <andersca at apple.com> wrote:

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> On Jan 6, 2014, at 12:01 PM, Dan Bernstein <mitz at apple.com> wrote:
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> >
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> >> On Jan 6, 2014, at 11:55 AM, Darin Adler <darin at apple.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I suggest we use nullptr, rather than of 0 or NULL, for all pointer
> nulls in WebKit C++ sources. I don’t see any advantage to using 0 or NULL
> over nullptr, and nullptr has multiple advantages. Three obvious ones:
> Compile time error if accidentally passed to something expecting an
> integer, can be distinguished from an integer in function overloading, can
> tell it’s a pointer.
> >>
> >> Any objections?
>
> I think this is a great idea and something I’ve been doing ever since
> nullptr became available to us.
>
> >>
> >> — Darin
> >>
> >> PS: Maybe even instead of nil in WebKit Objective-C++ code?
> >
> > In Objective-C++, nil is nullptr, so I suggest that we stick with the
> language convention of writing it as nil.
>
> I agree. (Also, using Nil for null classes).
>
> - Anders
>
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