On Thu, 31 Oct 2024 at 15:25, Tiago Freire <tmiguelf_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> The point of a method is to interact with an object.
> A nullptr cannot be an object.
> Can anyone cite a programing principle in which you would want to interact
> with an object that is not an object?
>

When exploiting memory safety bugs for fun and profit!

If some member functions of some classes could safely be called through a
null pointer, it seems like it would become very easy to forget to check
for null when you should be checking, and introduce new bugs into your code.