In either C or C++, should I check pointer parameters against NULL/nullptr?

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I\'ve always been of the philosophy that the callee is never responsible when the caller does something stupid, like passi

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In my view, it's not a question of responsibility. It's a question of robustness.

Unless I have full control on the caller and I must optimize for even the minute speed improvement, I always check for NULL.