What's the D equivalence?

[Imperatorn]

On Saturday, 6 March 2021 at 12:15:16 UTC, Nick Treleaven wrote:
> On Saturday, 6 March 2021 at 11:52:41 UTC, Imperatorn wrote:
>> On Saturday, 6 March 2021 at 11:48:37 UTC, Nick Treleaven 
>> wrote:
>>> 	f(*p); // at least if p is accidentally null, it will crash 
>>> here, right? nope
>>> }
>>>
>>> This could be fixed by checking for null in @safe code when 
>>> dereferencing a pointer passed to a `ref` parameter. But that 
>>> doesn't fix the unsafety of the sowChaos example (although at 
>>> least that isn't so confusing).
>>
>> To summarize, am I safe if I always null check? 🤔
>
> How do you ensure every pointer dereference is guarded by a 
> null check? I think you would need a tool to ensure that (or 
> insert the checks for you).

I'm used to just doing it manually when needed, just like I 
null-check my objects in c# before accessing some property for 
example.