From 8c1d1e65b3b11b20131da9a6a24566cab26f0083 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Fiete <bfiete@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 11:06:00 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] ReadConstant handling of null pointers

---
 IDEHelper/Compiler/BfIRBuilder.cpp | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/IDEHelper/Compiler/BfIRBuilder.cpp b/IDEHelper/Compiler/BfIRBuilder.cpp
index 5c73e89e..8d5dc23b 100644
--- a/IDEHelper/Compiler/BfIRBuilder.cpp
+++ b/IDEHelper/Compiler/BfIRBuilder.cpp
@@ -1413,6 +1413,22 @@ BfIRValue BfIRConstHolder::ReadConstant(void* ptr, BfType* type)
 		return CreateConst(BfTypeCode_StringId, *(int32*)ptr);
 	}
 
+	if (type->IsPointer())
+	{
+		bool isZero = false;
+		if (mModule->mSystem->mPtrSize == 4)
+			isZero = *(int32*)ptr == 0;
+		else
+			isZero = *(int64*)ptr == 0;
+		if (isZero)
+		{
+			BfIRType irType;
+			irType.mKind = BfIRTypeData::TypeKind_TypeId;
+			irType.mId = type->mTypeId;
+			return CreateConstNull(irType);
+		}		
+	}
+
 	return BfIRValue();
 }