Some work toward Issue 27 and Issue 319

lib/common/common.h

@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@
 	// this one's a little too aggressive
 #	pragma warning(disable: 4127) // conditional expression is constant
 
+	// Code Analysis
+#	pragma warning(disable: 6011)
+
+
 	// emitted incorrectly under release build in some circumstances
 #	if defined(NDEBUG)
 #		pragma warning(disable: 4702) // unreachable code
@@ -129,6 +133,15 @@
 // define NULL
 #include <stddef.h>
 
+// we don't want to use NULL since it's old and nasty, so replace any
+// usages with nullptr (warning: this could break many things).
+// if not c++0x yet, future proof code by allowing use of nullptr
+#ifdef nullptr
+#define NULL nullptr
+#else
+#define nullptr NULL
+#endif
+
 // make assert available since we use it a lot
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>