https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=79572
--- Comment #10 from janus at gcc dot gnu.org --- (In reply to janus from comment #9) > But at least clang 3.9 has some additional diagnostics: > > null_ref.cpp:11:5: warning: binding dereferenced null pointer to reference > has undefined behavior [-Wnull-dereference] > f(*((int*) NULL)); > ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Ideally GCC should yield the same warning See PR 16351. Lately GCC seems to have a -Wnull-dereference flag as well, but apparently it fails on the test case here.