nullptr can't use in valarray - c++

Question

Why can't use nullptr in the constructor function?( the function name: Wine) When i try to do this, the program will break down and no any error report maybe because i don't the reason for that.
#ifndef WINE_H_
#define WINE_H_
#include<iostream>
#include<string>
#include<valarray>
using std::string;
using std::valarray;
template<typename T1, typename T2>
class Pair //member of the wine
{
private:
T1 a;
T2 b;
public:
T1 & first(){ return a; }
T2 & second(){ return b; }
T1 first()const{ return a; }
T2 second()const{ return b; }
Pair(const T1 & aval, const T2 & bval) :a(aval), b(bval){}
Pair(){}
};
typedef valarray<int>ArrayInt;
typedef Pair<ArrayInt, ArrayInt>PairArray;
class Wine
{
private:
string name;
PairArray bt;
int years;
public:
Wine();
Wine(const char * a, int y,int b[], int c[]); //no problem
Wine(const char * a, int y); //here is that problem function
void GetBottles(); //no problem
void Show()const; //no problem
int Sum(){ return bt.second().sum(); }
};
Wine::Wine(const char * a, int y) :name(a), years(y), bt(ArrayInt(0, y), ArrayInt(0, y)){}
**//When I am trying to use nullptr to instead 0 in the ArrayInt(0,y),the whole program will break down during work.**
Wine::Wine(const char * a, int y, int b[], int c[]) :bt(ArrayInt(b, y), ArrayInt(c, y))
{
name = a;
years = y;
}
Wine::Wine() :bt(ArrayInt(),ArrayInt())
{
name = "null";
years = 0;
}
void Wine::GetBottles()
{
std::cout << "Please input the years and the bottles\n";
for (int i = 0; i < years; i++)
{
std::cout << "input the year: ";
(std::cin >> bt.first()[i]).get();
std::cout << "input the bottles";
(std::cin >> bt.second()[i]).get();
}
}
void Wine::Show()const
{
using std::cout;
using std::endl;
for (int i = 0; i < years; i++)
{
cout << bt.first()[i] << '\0' << bt.second()[i] << endl;
}
}
#endif
#include<iostream> //test part
#include"wine.h"
int main(void)
{
using std::cin;
using std::cout;
using std::endl;
cout << "Enter name of wine: ";
char lab[50];
cin.getline(lab, 50);
cout << "Enter number of years: ";
int yrs;
cin >> yrs;
Wine holding(lab, yrs);
holding.GetBottles();
holding.Show();
return 0;
}
Thank your for your help!

Answer 1

This is a funny one. The reason why it breaks in one example, but not another is following:
There are two different constructors for std::valarray (more than that, but those two matter):
valarray( const T& val, std::size_t count ); // 1
valarray( const T* vals, std::size_t count ); // 2
When you use 0 (valarray(0, y)) you are calling the first version - creating an array of y elements, where every element is initialized to 0.
But when you are calling it with nullptr, you are calling the second version of it - trying to initialize your new array with a copy from an array pointed to by the first argument to the constructor. But your first argument is nullptr, and any attempt to use at as an array triggers undefined behavior, and program crashes.