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vcall offset description
- To: cxx-abi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Subject: vcall offset description
- From: Mark Mitchell <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 11:32:23 -0700
I noticed some red ink in the vcall offset description:
Virtual call (vcall) offsets are used to perform pointer adjustment
for virtual functions defined in a virtual base class or its
subobjects, and overridden in a class derived from it.
I think we need the vcall offsets even if the function is not
overridden. Otherwise, when the same base appears as a virtual base
in two different hierarchies, its vtable layout might be different.
Then, if a single hierarchy combines both uses, everything will get
confused. So, I think the last clause (`and overridden ...') should
go. Sound right?
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Mark Mitchell mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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