This is no-checks C. The C compiler has no run-time power. Oh wait, wasn't specified if statement was C++ or the C++ subset of C. The code can do something s

This is no-checks C. The C compiler has no run-time power. Oh wait, wasn't specified if statement was C++ or the C++ subset of C. The code can do something shifty at run time, without a power surge, to the address reference before the address is de-referenced