nullptr bugs

components/common/cpp/include/ftl/configuration.hpp

@@ -172,11 +172,12 @@ T *ftl::config::create(json_t &link, ARGS ...args) {
 		cfg->patchPtr(link);
 	}
 
-	try {
-		return dynamic_cast<T*>(cfg);
-	} catch(...) {
+	T* ptr = dynamic_cast<T*>(cfg);
+	if (ptr) {
+		return ptr
+	}
+	else {
 		throw FTL_Error("Configuration URI object is of wrong type: " << id);
-		//return nullptr;
 	}
 }
 

components/common/cpp/src/uri.cpp

@@ -140,9 +140,12 @@ void URI::_parse(uri_t puri) {
 			else if (uri.fragment.first != NULL) {
 				m_base += std::string(start, uri.fragment.first - start - 1);
 			}
-			else {
+			else if (start) {
 				m_base += std::string(start);
 			}
+			else {
+				m_base += std::string("");
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }