Maybe that single optimization is not particularly important. In any case, you can turn it off with - fno-delete-null-pointer-checks, although I'd recommend aga

Maybe that single optimization is not particularly important. In any case, you can turn it off with - fno-delete-null-pointer-checks, although I'd recommend against accessing null pointers in any case (you are often at the mercy of the optimizer anyway: hoping it generates non-trapping code).