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Re: Serious code generation/optimisation bug (I think)


Zoltán Kócsi <zoltan@bendor.com.au> writes:

> How can I make a pointer to point to the integer located at address
> 0x0? It is a perfectly valid object, it exists, therefore I should be
> able to get its address? In fact, if I have a CPU that starts its data
> RAM at 0, then the first data object *will* reside at address 0 and
> thus taking its address will result in a pointer that has all its bits
> clear.

Then you should define the null pointer to be not all bits zero on this
platform.

Andreas.

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