[Issue 1875] &null[x] compiles and runs, giving x

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http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=1875





------- Comment #1 from shro8822 at vandals.uidaho.edu  2008-02-27 17:11 -------

&null[47] -> &(null[47]) -> (null + 47) -> (0 + 47) -> 47

Why is that unexpected? What should it do? if that null is not a literal the
only way to check would be to do a read but that can have problems of it's own.

also; null is a pointer. all pointers are indexable. -> null is indexable*

also it it's a way to avoid a cast for constant pointers. (Not saying it's a
good idea...)

void* HW_ptr = &null[0xf000];


* the phrasing is so classic I couldn't resist the last bit.


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