niedz., 8 sty 2023 o 05:05 Thiago Macieira via Std-Proposals
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> On Saturday, 7 January 2023 15:52:31 -03 Frederick Virchanza Gotham via Std-
> Proposals wrote:
> > Was there every any discussion about allowing "->" chaining for pointers?
>
> Not that I've ever seen.
>
> Please give a reason why this should have been considered. And please give a
> reason why this should be considered *now* when the current paradigm is to
> avoid raw pointers as much as possible and instead use smart pointer wrappers
> of one sort or another.
>
Another thing is asking for bugs, like:
```
if (ptr) ptr->foo(); //boom! `ptr` point to null pointer
```
Now is clear that you need multiple tests as you have multiple `*`
```
if (ptr && *ptr && **ptr) (**ptr)->foo();
```

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