Re: [boost] How should we deal with access to zero pointers?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-10-21 08:08:56

"Asger Mangaard" <tmb_at_[hidden]> writes:

> When writing code that *could* access a zero pointer, should one do the
> following:
>
> 1. Nothing
> 2. assert
> 3. Exception. In that case which one?
>
> My guess would be 1 since an access violation exception will be thrown any
> way (on VC++ at least), but now I'm not sure?

This isn't really a Boost/library design question, is it?  Maybe you
should try comp.lang.c++ or comp.lang.c++.moderated.

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Dave Abrahams
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