=> > So, what would be your inference in the case of architectures where the null => > pointer is not designated by 0(zero) (lot of them are mentioned there on the => > C-faq page). What would then ((struct a *)0L)->field refer to and how will the => > compiler know that (null-pointer)->field is required to evaluate the offset of => > field in the structure "a" ? => => Part of porting the compiler to that architecture would involve => discovering what the NULL pointer looks like to the CPU, and knowing to => convert an integer 0 to the correct NULL pointer when used as a NULL => pointer. => Hi Arnold, The question still remains: What would then ((struct a *)0L)->field refer to and how will the compiler know that (null-pointer)->field is required to evaluate the offset of field in the structure "a" ? Thanks and Regards -neeraj -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
