When does invoking a member function on a null instance result in undefined behavior?
问题 Consider the following code: #include <iostream> struct foo { // (a): void bar() { std::cout << "gman was here" << std::endl; } // (b): void baz() { x = 5; } int x; }; int main() { foo* f = 0; f->bar(); // (a) f->baz(); // (b) } We expect (b) to crash, because there is no corresponding member x for the null pointer. In practice, (a) doesn't crash because the this pointer is never used. Because (b) dereferences the this pointer ( (*this).x = 5; ), and this is null, the program enters undefined