How to check if a pointer is valid? [duplicate]

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The best bet if you must use raw pointers is to make sure that it is either a valid pointer or NULL. Then you can check if it is valid by checking if it is equal to NULL.

But to answer your question, you can catch these kinds of things with structured exception handling (SEH).

That being said, SEH is a bad idea.

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