What exactly is nullptr?

Question

We now have C++11 with many new features. An interesting and confusing one (at least for me) is the new nullptr.

Well, no need anymore for the nasty mac

Answer 1

It is a keyword because the standard will specify it as such. ;-) According to the latest public draft (n2914)

2.14.7 Pointer literals [lex.nullptr]

pointer-literal:
nullptr

The pointer literal is the keyword nullptr. It is an rvalue of type std::nullptr_t.

It's useful because it does not implicitly convert to an integral value.