Why dont dlang check NullPointer?

[bearophile via Digitalmars-d]

zhmt:

> In short words, I want to catch something like 
> NullPointerException.
>
> Is this possible?

One solution is to add null tests to D in nonrelease mode. A 
better solution is to modify D to remove all or most chances of 
dereferencing null pointers and class references.

Bye,
bearophile