http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52231
Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW Last reconfirmed| |2012-02-13 Ever Confirmed|0 |1 --- Comment #2 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-02-13 18:13:23 UTC --- But the language guarantees that for a program without undefined behaviour a reference is always bound to a valid object. int* i = nullptr; int& r = *i; // undefined if (&r == 0) // cannot be true ;