For a dereferenced pointer inside an expression with the operator '.' (to access member):
(*ptr).field
the -exx compiler option seems to not add code for null-pointer checking, because the runtime error is "segmentation violation" and not "null pointer access".
(the interest of this option is to get the line number in question)
Type UDT
Dim As Integer I = 123
End Type
Dim As UDT Ptr pu
Print pu->I '' Aborting due to runtime error 7 (null pointer access) at line 6
Print (*pu).I '' Aborting due to runtime error 12 ("segmentation violation" signal)