On Mon, Oct 28, 2024 at 8:08 AM Jens Maurer wrote:
>
> And
>
> T *p = nullptr;
> static_cast<T&>(*p).f();
>
> would also be ok, despite the fact that empty lvalues don't exist?


Are you really saying that the following "Hello World" program is okay?

#include <iostream>

struct T {
    static void f(void) { std::cout << "Hello World\n"; }
};

int main(void)
{
    T *p = nullptr;
    static_cast<T&>(*p).f();
}