remove obsolete NULL casts - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Neil Conway
Subject remove obsolete NULL casts
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Msg-id 87u13ankub.fsf@mailbox.samurai.com
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Responses Re: remove obsolete NULL casts  (Kurt Roeckx <Q@ping.be>)
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In any modern dialect of C, casting the "NULL" pointer literal to a
specific pointer type is unnecessary. For example:

    char *foo;
    foo = malloc(...);
    if (foo == (char *) NULL) {...}

The cast on the 3rd line serves no useful purpose. Hence, this patch
removes all such instances of NULL-pointer casting from the
backend. I've attached it in gzip'ed format, as it is 145KB
uncompressed.

Unless anyone objects, I intend to apply this within 48 hours.

-Neil

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