Both static_cast and dynamic_cast handle nullptr (they return nullptr),
so I think checked_static_cast should too.  This will allow doing a null
check after a checked_static_cast:

  cooked_index_vector *table
    = (gdb::checked_static_cast<cooked_index_vector *>
       (per_bfd->index_table.get ()));
  if (table != nullptr)
    return;

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