[Bug c++/95589] missing warning initializing a reference with a dereferenced null

[msebor at gcc dot gnu.org]

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=95589

Martin Sebor <msebor at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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           See Also|                            |https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzill
                   |                            |a/show_bug.cgi?id=84316
             Blocks|                            |86172
           Keywords|                            |diagnostic

--- Comment #1 from Martin Sebor <msebor at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
I was about to classify this as an enhancement but after reading the
description of -Wnull-dereference in the manual ("compiler detects paths that
trigger erroneous or undefined behavior due to dereferencing a null pointer")
I'm inclined to view it as a bug.  The code is clearly in error, GCC just
doesn't detect it (even though the "doesn't detect it" part could be used to
argue the warning works strictly as documented).


Referenced Bugs:

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=86172
[Bug 86172] [meta-bug] issues with -Wnull-dereference