*(char*)0 = 0; - What Does the C++ Programmer Intend with This Code? [video]

Re:*(char*)0 = 0; - What Does the C++ Programmer Intend with... by pjmlp on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @08:55AM (#37927911)

Not at all, that is a guarantee that people actually know how to hold the scapel and can enter the operating room safely.

A brick layer doesn't turn into a Construction Engineer, only because they think they know everything about building houses, and have somehow built their own during long weekends.

Likewise a coder out of a bootcamp, isn't someone versed in what actually entails to be a Software Engineer, regarless how cool the title might sound like.

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Re:*(char*)0 = 0; - What Does the C++ Programmer Intend with... by kortilla on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @09:02AM (#37928032)

No, it’s not a guarantee, it’s just a noisy filter with a very high false negative rate and a high enough false positive rate (as visible in malpractice insurance).

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Re:*(char*)0 = 0; - What Does the C++ Programmer Intend with... by pjmlp on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @03:33PM (#37933624)

I certainly is, those numbers would be much higher without that filter.

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Re:*(char*)0 = 0; - What Does the C++ Programmer Intend with... by kortilla on Thursday October 19, 2023 @10:25AM (#37943347)

I don’t think you know what “guarantee” means. If it was a guarantee, malpractice insurance wouldn’t exist.

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