You completely skipped over the first part: "Two pointers compare equal if and only if both are null pointers"

> You completely skipped over the first part: "Two pointers compare equal if and only if both are null pointers"

Maybe he elided it in an optimisation pass?

Can't get much more of a reading comprehension failure than that. Good thing I don't write compilers.

Happens to everyone, don't worry, especially when trying to focus on details, ironically...