Null pointer dereferencing in D

[Timon Gehr via Digitalmars-d]

On 06/13/2014 11:45 PM, Jonathan M Davis via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jun 2014 21:23:00 +0000
> deadalnix via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> wrote:
>
>> The approach consisting in having non nullable pointers/reference
>> by default is the one that is gaining traction and for good
>> reasons.
>
> That interacts _really_ badly with D's approach of requiring init values for
> all types. We have enough problems with @disable this() as it is.
>
> - Jonathan M Davis
>

@disable this() and nested structs etc. Trying to require init values 
for everything isn't an extraordinarily good idea. It roughly extends 
'nullable by default' to all _structs_ with non-trivial invariants.