Non-null objects, the Null Object pattern, and T.init

[Walter Bright]

On 1/17/2014 7:38 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 1/17/2014 7:23 PM, Michel Fortin wrote:
>> I guess so. But you're still unconvinced it's worth it to eliminate null
>> dereferences?
>
> I think it's a more nuanced problem than that.

I should clarify that. I oppose solutions that replace the null seg fault with 
another bug that is harder to detect. (I know this is not what you have proposed.)