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		leosarev on May 21, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Undefined behavior in C is a reading error If p is statically null, it should emit compile time error. If not, it should emit machine instruction to deference p.

tom_mellior on May 21, 2021 [–]

In all of the examples above it will emit a machine instruction to dereference p. What your grandparent is complaining about is that it will later remove an "if (!p)" test.

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