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[PATCH] doc: fix flat address space discussion
From: |
Paul Eggert |
Subject: |
[PATCH] doc: fix flat address space discussion |
Date: |
Sun, 6 Dec 2020 10:18:25 -0800 |
* doc/gnulib-readme.texi (Other portability assumptions):
Move the all-bits-zero assumption outside the flat address space
section, since the two issues are independent.
---
ChangeLog | 5 +++++
doc/gnulib-readme.texi | 10 +++++-----
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 14a2ea957..5f4ae46a6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
2020-12-06 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+ doc: fix flat address space discussion
+ * doc/gnulib-readme.texi (Other portability assumptions):
+ Move the all-bits-zero assumption outside the flat address space
+ section, since the two issues are independent.
+
doc: document -static-libubsan more
* doc/gnulib-readme.texi (High Quality): Document pros and cons of
-static-libubsan a bit more. Mostly cons.
diff --git a/doc/gnulib-readme.texi b/doc/gnulib-readme.texi
index 833888320..3854829af 100644
--- a/doc/gnulib-readme.texi
+++ b/doc/gnulib-readme.texi
@@ -465,6 +465,11 @@ contribute to its value in the usual way.
In particular, an unsigned type and its signed counterpart have the
same number of bits when you count the latter's sign bit.
+@item
+Objects with all bits zero are treated as 0 or NULL@. For example,
+@code{memset@ (A, 0, sizeof@ A)} initializes an array @code{A} of
+pointers to NULL.
+
@item
The types @code{intptr_t} and @code{uintptr_t} exist, and pointers
can be converted to and from these types without loss of information.
@@ -505,11 +510,6 @@ Overflow in this case would mean that the rest of your
program fits
into @var{T} bytes, which can't happen in realistic flat-address-space
hosts.
-@item
-Objects with all bits zero are treated as 0 or NULL@. For example,
-@code{memset@ (A, 0, sizeof@ A)} initializes an array @code{A} of
-pointers to NULL.
-
@item
Adding zero to a null pointer does not change the pointer.
For example, @code{0 + (char *) NULL == (char *) NULL}.
--
2.27.0
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