Is a run-time integral value of 0, cast to a pointer, guaranteed to be a null pointer?

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Is a run-time integral value of 0, cast to a pointer, guaranteed to be a null pointer?

No. Only constant integral expressions with value 0 are guaranteed to indicate null pointers.

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