"this" can not be null

Yorick Peterse · Yorick Peterse · commit 50aa7356e3c7 · 2015-04-07T20:37:48.000+02:00
Per clang 3.6 checking if "this" is null or not results in a compiler
error.
diff --git a/vm/oop.hpp b/vm/oop.hpp
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ Object* const cUndef = reinterpret_cast<Object*>(0x22L);
     }
 
     void validate() const {
-      assert(this && (!reference_p() || (type_id() > InvalidType && type_id() < LastObjectType)));
+      assert(!reference_p() || (type_id() > InvalidType && type_id() < LastObjectType));
     }
 
     friend class TypeInfo;

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ Object* const cUndef = reinterpret_cast<Object*>(0x22L);`
`610`	`610`	`}`
`611`	`611`
`612`	`612`	`void validate() const {`
`613`		`- assert(this && (!reference_p() \|\| (type_id() > InvalidType && type_id() < LastObjectType)));`
	`613`	`+ assert(!reference_p() \|\| (type_id() > InvalidType && type_id() < LastObjectType));`
`614`	`614`	`}`
`615`	`615`
`616`	`616`	`friend class TypeInfo;`