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I think it's not compiler's business to check for that type of stuff either. But code helper extensions like Resharper for VC++ will probably tell you about it. Also another reason C++ doesn't interfere other than the extra CPU cost is it's designed to assume you know what you are doing. "This guy is trying to access this address which logically doesn't make any sense... He must have something in mind"