Where is "__null" defined?

[shihan]

In the library "stddef.h" I find out this line of code:

#if defined (_STDDEF_H) || defined (__need_NULL)
#undef NULL /* in case <stdio.h> has defined it. */
#ifdef __GNUG__
#define NULL __null
#else /* G++ */
/* shield NULL definition for non-gnu parsers */
>>new<< #ifndef __cplusplus
>>new<< #define NULL ((void *)0)
>>new<< #else
>>new<< #define NULL 0
>>new<< #endif /* __cplusplus */
#endif /* G++ */
#endif /* NULL not defined and <stddef.h> or need NULL. */
#undef __need_NULL

as you can see NULL is defined as __null. My question is this: where is __null defined?

[Disch]

It might be defined by the compiler. Double underscores in front usually indicate a compiler-specific keyword. The fact that it's within a compiler #ifdef also suggests that.


Though in C++11 you don't really need NULL or __null because there's a standard nullptr keyword that is widely implemented.

[shihan]

Hmm got it. Thanks you very much:)

[shihan]

By the way if I wanna see the code of the compiler (to find out the declaration of the __null) , where do i have to look at?


p.s. I'm curious