iOS之nil, Nil, NULL，null和NSNull的区别

nil: A null pointer to an Objective-C object.（nil是指的OC空指针）
( #define nil ((id)0)  )

Nil: A null pointer to an Objective-C class.（Nil是指的OC类空指针）

NULL: A null pointer to anything else,  is for C-style memory pointers.
( #define NULL ((void *)0)  )（NULL主要是指的C语言空指针）

NSNull: A class defines a singleton object used to represent null values in collection objects (which don't allow nil values).
[NSNull null]: The singleton instance of NSNull.

 

Technically they're all the same,,, but in practice they give someone reading your code some hints about what's going on; just like naming classes with a capital letter and instances with lowercase is recommended, but not required.

If someone sees you passing NULL, they know the receiver expects a C pointer. If they see nil, they know the receiver is expecting an object. If they see Nil, they know the receiver is expecting a class. Readability.

 

if obj is nil , [obj message] will return NO, without NSException
if obj is NSNull , [obj message will throw a NSException