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Re: C++ PATCH: Old ABI compatibility
According to Jason Merrill:
> >>>>> Chip Salzenberg <chip@valinux.com> writes:
> > True, BUT: Is it at least safe to assume that single, non-virtual
> > inheritance results in no deltas?
>
> No. If the base class has no virtual functions, but the derived class
> does, the vptr will be added before the base subobject.
Good point. Another assumption I didn't think of is that the base
class already has virtuals, and thus a vtbl.
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Chip Salzenberg - a.k.a. - <chip@valinux.com>
"I wanted to play hopscotch with the impenetrable mystery of existence,
but he stepped in a wormhole and had to go in early." // MST3K