Except `if(this == nullptr)` doesn't always work: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20160224-00/?p=93081 https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing

Except `if(this == nullptr)` doesn't always work: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20160224-00/?p=93081 https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20160224-00/?p=... You might get a pointer to NULL+8 or something like that if the class inherents from more than one class. Maybe you should just write compliant code after all.