how to compute offset of data member at compile time (virtual class)

[John Gateley]

I need to compute the offset of a data member at compile time.
The class has virtual functions, and so the offsetof macro does
not work (why?). Is there a way to do this?

My example (compiler error on the printf line):

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stddef.h>

class Foo {
public:
  virtual void Bar();
  int m_x;
  char m_y;
  char z[30];
  float w;
};

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
  printf("%d\n", offsetof(Foo, w));
}

Thanks,

j
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John Gateley <gateley@jriver.com>