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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
.\"
.\"
-.TH NULL 3const 2023-02-05 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01"
+.TH NULL 3const 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7"
.SH NAME
NULL \- null pointer constant
.SH LIBRARY
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Standard C library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <stddef.h>
-.PP
+.P
.B "#define NULL ((void *) 0)"
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ and
.SH CAVEATS
It is undefined behavior to dereference a null pointer,
and that usually causes a segmentation fault in practice.
-.PP
+.P
It is also undefined behavior to perform pointer arithmetic on it.
-.PP
+.P
.I NULL \- NULL
is undefined behavior, according to ISO C, but is defined to be 0 in C++.
-.PP
+.P
To avoid confusing human readers of the code,
do not compare pointer variables to
.BR 0 ,
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ and do not assign
to them.
Instead, always use
.BR NULL .
-.PP
+.P
.B NULL
shouldn't be confused with
.BR NUL ,