[Issue 285] New: Struct method null pointer assert has line number of "0"

[kris]

d-bugmail at puremagic.com wrote:
> http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=285
> 
>            Summary: Struct method null pointer assert has line number of "0"
>            Product: D
>            Version: 0.163
>           Platform: PC
>         OS/Version: Windows
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: normal
>           Priority: P2
>          Component: DMD
>         AssignedTo: bugzilla at digitalmars.com
>         ReportedBy: jarrett.billingsley at gmail.com
> 
> 
> struct S
> {
>         void fork()
>         {
> 
>         }
> }
> 
> void main()
> {
>         S* s = null;
>         s.fork();
> }
> 
> This causes an AssertError with the correct module name, but with a line number
> of 0, which is really, really unhelpful.
> 
> I didn't know DMD even inserted this null check, I think it's pretty cool :) 
> Would be nice if it included the message "struct 'this' pointer is null" or
> "struct method called through null pointer" or something along those lines.
> 
> 


Cute and all; but I sure hope such codegen is disabled via a switch such 
as -release ...