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by charlie90 221 days ago
How common is this in practice?
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adrianN 221 days ago
Compilers regularly delete null pointer checks when they can see that the pointer is dereferenced.
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Smaug123 221 days ago
(GCC controls this with `-fno-delete-null-pointer-checks` https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Optimize-Options.html#ind... )
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