rspec/rules/S5262/cfamily/rule.adoc

== Why is this an issue?

Dereferencing a null pointer has undefined behavior, and it is particularly harmful if a reference is then bound to the result, because a reference is assumed to refer to a valid object.


=== Noncompliant code example

[source,cpp]
----
void doSomething(A& a);
void f() {
  A* a = nullptr;
  // ...
  doSomething(*a); // Noncompliant
}
----


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== Implementation Specification
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=== Message

Remove this binding to reference of null pointer dereference.


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