RFR: JDK-8301481: Replace NULL with nullptr in os/windows [v5]
Johan Sjölen
jsjolen at openjdk.org
Fri Feb 17 09:44:28 UTC 2023
On Fri, 10 Feb 2023 10:06:22 GMT, Johan Sjölen <jsjolen at openjdk.org> wrote:
>> Hi, this PR changes all occurrences of NULL to nullptr for the subdirectory os/windows. Unfortunately the script that does the change isn't perfect, and so we
>> need to comb through these manually to make sure nothing has gone wrong. I also review these changes but things slip past my eyes sometimes.
>>
>> Here are some typical things to look out for:
>>
>> 1. No changes but copyright header changed (probably because I reverted some changes but forgot the copyright).
>> 2. Macros having their NULL changed to nullptr, these are added to the script when I find them. They should be NULL.
>> 3. nullptr in comments and logs. We try to use lower case "null" in these cases as it reads better. An exception is made when code expressions are in a comment.
>>
>> An example of this:
>>
>> ```c++
>> // This function returns null
>> void* ret_null();
>> // This function returns true if *x == nullptr
>> bool is_nullptr(void** x);
>>
>>
>> Note how `nullptr` participates in a code expression here, we really are talking about the specific value `nullptr`.
>>
>> Thanks!
>
> Johan Sjölen has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
>
> Changed to zero
All ~changes~ *checks* successful and two approvals, integrating this.
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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/12317
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