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authorWBoerenkamps <wrj.boerenkamps@student.avans.nl>2024-12-17 20:36:11 +0100
committerWBoerenkamps <wrj.boerenkamps@student.avans.nl>2024-12-17 20:36:11 +0100
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Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/lonkaars/crepe into wouter/button-improvement
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int bar = foo[0];
```
</td></tr></table></details>
+- <details><summary>
+ Always explicitly check against <code>NULL</code> (for C APIs) or
+ <code>nullptr</code> (for C++ APIs) when checking if a pointer is valid
+ </summary><table><tr><th>Good</th><th>Bad</th></tr><tr><td>
+
+ ```cpp
+ string foo = "Hello world";
+ if (foo.c_str() == nullptr)
+ // ...
+
+ void * bar = malloc();
+ if (bar == NULL)
+ // ...
+ ```
+ </td><td>
+
+ ```cpp
+ string foo = "Hello world";
+ if (!foo.c_str())
+ // ...
+
+ void * bar = malloc();
+ if (!bar)
+ // ...
+ ```
+ </td></tr></table></details>
## CMakeLists-specific