On 6 September 2011 22:58, Paul Pluzhnikov wrote: > On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 2:51 PM, Jonathan Wakely <jwakely....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I don't mean for vector::begin and the other functions in that patch, >> I mean in general for member functions of any type. There are plenty >> of functions that wouldn't crash when called through a null pointer. >> But even std:vector has member functions like that, such as max_size. > > Right. (We might tweak the compiler to automagically insert that assert > in non-omitimized builds ;-)
Heh :-) Have you considered a compiler option to make 'delete v' zero out the pointer, so that any following use of it gives an immediate segfault? That would be conforming (the value of delete's operand is unspecified after the operation), but would only help if the same pointer is used, rather than another object with the same value. I don't know of any compiler that does that, but have wondered if it would be useful for debugging some cases.
