On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 10:47, Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. Two questions: 1. does it take any significant time difference to check for a 0 versus throw an exception (one argument against)? 2. Isn't a '\0' an empty string in the string context? Respectfully, -Tom
