[LLVMbugs] [Bug 12997] New: #define NULL __null gets redefined to 0 in linux

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http://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=12997

             Bug #: 12997
           Summary: #define NULL __null gets redefined to 0 in linux
           Product: clang
           Version: trunk
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows XP
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P
         Component: Headers
        AssignedTo: unassignedclangbugs at nondot.org
        ReportedBy: rodrigorivascosta at gmail.com
                CC: llvmbugs at cs.uiuc.edu
    Classification: Unclassified


Hello.

I have a problem with the NULL macro in linux. Consider the following program:

    #include <sys/wait.h>
    int main()
    {
        void *p = NULL;
    }

If I precompile it with 'g++ -E a.cpp' I get:

    ...
    # 2 "a.cpp" 2
    int main()
    {
        void *p = __null;
    }

Which is the expected result. But with 'clang++ -E a.cpp':

    ...
    # 2 "a.cpp" 2
    int main()
    {
        void *p = 0;
    }

Which is wrong!

I've traced the problem, and the NULL macro is redefined in
'/usr/include/linux/stddef.h' in both cases, but after including that that the
system headers have the following code:

    # define __need_NULL
    # include <stddef.h>

The difference here is that the 'stddef.h' from gcc redefines the NULL again,
but the one from clang does not.

Regards.
--
Rodrigo

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