On 14 January 2011 16:19, Tom Browder wrote: > > How about a compiler option then, something like > "--allow-c++-null-string-constructor"... We throw an exception, std::logic_error, indicating a precondition violation. Silently ignoring a problem and acting as though a different constructor was called encourages non-portable code. It's also an additional maintenance burden, for questionable benefit. I certainly don't want to have to test my changes to std::string twice with different builds. If you don't care about portability you're free to modify the code yourself for your own use.
