(int*)0 is a pointer to address location zero
same as (int * )100 is a ptr to location 100
"prasanna wakhare" <prasannawakhare@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
> sorry for silly question again.
>
> in *(int * )0=0
>
> we are dereferencing the NULL pointer coz'
>
> (int *)0 is pointer to NULL
> and *(int *)0 is what we called dereferencing the ptr,
>
> but about syntax
>
> (int *)0 --> how compiler interprets it while
> parsing phase or in any complex pointer assignment
> can anybody explain this syntax?
>
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