[junon]

> In most situations panicking and deferencing a null pointer leads to the exact same scenario: The binary crashes.

This is a false and dangerous misconception people seem to get wrong a lot of the time. There's no guarantee that's the case, especially when working in C where pointers are often subscripted.

It's the common behavior that a trap occurs but nothing dictates that's actually what will happen.

[judofyr]

Yes! We’re in absolute agreement here! That’s why I said «most situations» and not «all situations».