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Re:Alpine Linux Security advisory: OpenSSH-server password a... by uecker on Thursday November 05, 2026 @02:47PM (#50383542)
A pointer is a type where a null pointer can't be used as a regular value but leads to a trap when dereferenced.
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Re:Alpine Linux Security advisory: OpenSSH-server password a... by realharo on Friday November 06, 2026 @02:33PM (#50397216)
By "can't be used as a regular value", I meant that it would be a compile-time error.
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Re:Alpine Linux Security advisory: OpenSSH-server password a... by uecker on Friday November 06, 2026 @05:22PM (#50399300)
I see. For safety a run-time check is enough though.

But it turns out one can have a compile-time error forthis in C as well: https://godbolt.org/z/8E9z66cfs

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