[cxx-abi] Re: [cxx-abi-dev] When to emit deleting destructor

[Nelson, Clark]

> >> This is a good question; it is unspecified at present.
> >>
> >> G++'s D0 destructors do not handle a NULL this pointer.
> >>
> >> What do HP and Intel do?
> 
> Yes; we never heard from HP and Intel.  HP, Intel?

The Intel compiler checks for null in the expansion of the
delete-expression, so it never passes a null pointer to a destructor. This
seems to be required by the standard ("if the value of the operand of delete
is the null pointer the operation has no effect", 5.3.5p2).

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Clark Nelson
Intel Corporation
clark.nelson at intel.com