Difference in behavior while using dynamic_cast with reference and pointers

Question

I was checking the behavior of dynamic_cast and found that when it fails, std::bad_cast exception is thrown only if the destination is a reference type. If the destination i

Answer 1

Yes, 5.2.7/9

The value of a failed cast to pointer type is the null pointer value of the required result type. A failed cast to reference type throws bad_cast (18.5.2).