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Re: Core dump constructing a C++ string with NULL
On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 14:59, Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> wrote:
> Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> It would be nice if this would construct an empty string:
>>
>> ? #include <string>
>> ? std::string s(0);
>>
> As to whether libstdc++ should check for NULL, that is a perennial
> question: should we slow down the library a tiny bit for everybody in
> order to do better handling of an undefined case for those who find it
> more convenient? ?There is no clearly correct answer.
How about a compiler option then, something like
"--allow-c++-null-string-constructor"...
Regards,
-Tom