[OT] OT: Null checks.

[Timon Gehr]

On 5/6/25 05:31, Timon Gehr wrote:
>  
> I just wish everyone would refrain from actively putting invalid 
> instructions and segfaults into druntime in the future. They are not 
> _that_ useful and there are vastly more useful alternatives. x)

And the same is true for segfault-on-null. I don't want this. If a 
standard null check can be implemented taking advantage of CPU features, 
fine. But semantics should be the same as if the compiler inserted a 
branch that throws an error every time a nullable pointer is dereferenced.

Even better would be the type system just ensuring nullable pointers are 
never dereferenced, the OP's experience report notwithstanding. But I 
guess this part is a pipe dream for now.