> Nullptr is needed in C++ because `0` is the only definition of `NULL` that works with the type system, due to the lack of implicit `void` conversions.* > C d

> Nullptr is needed in C++ because `0` is the only definition of `NULL` that works with the type system, due to the lack of implicit `void` conversions.* > C doesn't have this problem. Except for conversions between data pointers and function pointers ;) Initialization seems to be a special case, but with `-pedantic` the following code will show a warning on the initialization of `fp2`: void* return_null() { return 0; } int main() { void(*fp1)() = 0; void(*fp2)() = return_null(); return 0; }