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    Question Linked List

    Code from a book:

    Code:
    class LinkableClass
    {
          public:
                    LinkableClass* pNext;
                    //other members
    }
    
    
    LinkableClass* pHead = (LinkableClass*)0;
    What does this mean
    Code:
      (LinkableClass*)0
    ?

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    What does this mean
    cast null-pointer to the type Pointer to Class LinkableClass
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    Its a cast, albeit unnecessary. It just defining pHead as 0 and telling the compiler to consider 0 an object of the LinkableClass type.

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    The cast is unnecessary though.

    EDIT:
    telling the compiler to consider 0 an object of the LinkableClass type
    Not really. More like it means that pHead is a null pointer.
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    Thanks all

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