Except `if(this == nullptr)` doesn&#x27;t always work: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blogs.msdn.microsoft.com&#x2F;oldnewthing&#x2F;20160224-00&#x2F;?p=93081" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blogs.msdn.microsoft.com&#x2F;oldnewthing&#x2F;20160224-00&#x2F;?p=...</a><p>You might get a pointer to NULL+8 or something like that if the class inherents from more than one class.<p>Maybe you should just write compliant code after all.