https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=81885
Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Resolution|--- |INVALID --- Comment #1 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> --- No, because there's nothing wrong with calling operator-> on a null unique_ptr: std::unique_ptr<int> p; int* pp = p.operator->(); I'd be more inclined to remove the pedantic assertion in debug mode.