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

From: Jason Hise (chaos_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-10-21 15:59:24

David Abrahams wrote:

>"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.
>
Well, it may have relevance with regard to smart pointers provided by 
boost libraries.  Should the way this situation is handled in boost 
libraries be standardized / has it been already?

-Jason