Re: [RFC] Clarification for “undefined behaviour”?

From: Markus Elfring
Date: Wed Mar 05 2025 - 04:21:48 EST


>> Dereferences of null pointers are treated in special ways.
>
> This not a dereference. It's just pointer math.
Do you prefer the wording “member access through pointer” occasionally?
https://en.cppreference.com/w/c/language/operator_member_access

How do you tend to describe (and detect) null pointer dereferences so far?
https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/EXP34-C.+Do+not+dereference+null+pointers#EXP34C.Donotdereferencenullpointers-AutomatedDetection

Regards,
Markus